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   "text": "The efficient arrangement is that all of society shares the essentials while individuals remain free to pursue nonessentials, which puts government business in charge of essentials and leaves private business free to pursue nonessentials.",
   "abstract": "The answer that makes the economy efficient, is that all of society should share the essentials, but individuals should be free to chase after their own desires for non- essentials. There are two types of business: government business and private busi-",
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   "text": "Overhead institutions that protect or promote essentials should be governed and borne by the group, while those protecting nonessentials should be governed and borne privately, with each DAO deciding for itself what is essential to its function.",
   "abstract": "Overhead institutions to protect or promote essentials should be governed and borne by the group, protecting and promoting non- essentials should be governed and borne privately. Each DAO must decide what is es- sential to its function;",
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   "text": "Because what counts as essential shifts with the market, a network must not only identify its values but also maintain a dynamic governance process for constantly reinterpreting those values as circumstances change.",
   "abstract": "Importantly, the decision of what is essential versus non-essential will change depending on the market. The system must have a dynamic governance process for constantly reinterpreting our values in the face of changing circumstances.",
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