Political blogger

During my time, working as a Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager at the European NGO, COFACE-Families Europe, on topics such as financial inclusion, consumer protection, data protection, privacy online, I have gained a profound knowledge about many topics and have started writing articles reflecting on economics, politics, and a wide variety of societal issues.

The articles below don't necessarily reflect my current point of view, but provide a good overview of the evolution of my ideas and ideals.

You can also read my paper on the future of the financial system: Mirroring Biology

ChatGPT and the Metaverse: the NPC revolution

Martin Schmalzried

Dec 28, 2022
14 min

ChatGPT and the Metaverse: the NPC revolution

Given my recent interactions with ChatGPT, Playground and You.com chat, I am convinced that we have reached the stage where any developer...

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Martin Schmalzried

Dec 28, 2022
18 min

AI and the collective unconscious

In my last article, I wrote about my impressions of ChatGPT. While I was impressed with the quality of its answers, I found it rather...

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ChatGPT : AI will likely be conservative, and that’s a good thing

Martin Schmalzried

Dec 28, 2022
16 min

ChatGPT : AI will likely be conservative, and that’s a good thing

As many people out there, I’ve taken ChatGPT for a spin. I’m more into philosophy and existential questions, and obviously, as you may...

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Martin Schmalzried

Dec 28, 2022
15 min

Why the climate must change

It seems there isn’t much more on the Internet besides climate change. Whether because of the “failure” of the COP27 or the repeated...

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From workers to shareholders: managing fluctuating demand in uncertain economic times

Martin Schmalzried

Nov 22, 2022
4 min

From workers to shareholders: managing fluctuating demand in uncertain economic times

Over the past years I have written many articles pointing out the obsolescence of a debt based monetary system as we reach the physical...

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Crypto-collapse: beyond the “I told you so”

Martin Schmalzried

Nov 15, 2022
6 min

Crypto-collapse: beyond the “I told you so”

There it is again, another crypto-crash, and obviously, since crypto has grown tremendously since the last one, the scandals and...

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The Poietic generator vs. Pixel wars : co-creating in the physical reality

Martin Schmalzried

Jul 6, 2022
9 min

The Poietic generator vs. Pixel wars : co-creating in the physical reality

In 1986, Olivier Auber came up with the idea of the Poietic generator. This idea took the form of a game, played on a 2 dimentional pixel...

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Scaling local DAO memberships : the Web-of-Trust protocol

Martin Schmalzried

Jul 6, 2022
5 min

Scaling local DAO memberships : the Web-of-Trust protocol

Global DAOs have been around for some time now, and solutions for membership have taken many different forms : holding a « governance »...

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Metaverse: a bridge between the material and immaterial world

Martin Schmalzried

Jul 6, 2022
9 min

Metaverse: a bridge between the material and immaterial world

The metaverse has been a trendy concept in the last couple of years, with movies like « Ready Player One » and « Free Guy », Facebook’s...

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The Digital Euro: a Trojan horse against decentralization ?

Martin Schmalzried

Jul 6, 2022
17 min

The Digital Euro: a Trojan horse against decentralization ?

Blockchain technology and decentralisation is sweeping across the world. Some like to only focus on the crashing waves, failing to see...

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Martin Schmalzried

Jul 6, 2022
6 min

Loving war

My last article explored how to put an end to all wars. While I do hint at a solution to minimize conflict in that article, I don't...

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Dynamic salary - towards a fairer labour market

Martin Schmalzried

Jul 6, 2022
3 min

Dynamic salary - towards a fairer labour market

Much ink has been spilled over the concept of “fair salary” or how to ensure that workers are fairly compensated for their job. In an...

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Reconcile Europe with Bitcoin and mining

Martin Schmalzried

Mar 15, 2022
5 min

Reconcile Europe with Bitcoin and mining

On the 14th of March, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament agreed on a version of the Markets in Crypto...

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Martin Schmalzried

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Dynamic salary

Much ink has been spilled over the concept of “fair salary” or how to ensure that workers are fairly compensated for their job. In an...

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Martin Schmalzried

Mar 10, 2022
12 min

Ending all wars

Russia invaded Ukraine just a few weeks ago, plunging the whole world into a renewed fear over an escalation of the conflict and another...

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Stablecoins and crypto-assets: the real cause for concern

Martin Schmalzried

Nov 27, 2021
11 min

Stablecoins and crypto-assets: the real cause for concern

All over the world, public authorities are scrambling to address the growing adoption of crypto-assets and the use of stablecoins,...

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Digital sovereignty, online democracy and collective will

Martin Schmalzried

Nov 27, 2021
10 min

Digital sovereignty, online democracy and collective will

Democracy, in our modern societies, has only been around for a little over two hundred years, yet most of us live as if it is a normal...

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The impossible co-existence of a debt based monetary system and Mother Nature

Martin Schmalzried

Nov 27, 2021
4 min

The impossible co-existence of a debt based monetary system and Mother Nature

With the increasing severity of the consequences of climate change on our doorstep, everyone is talking about sustainable development,...

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Supply and demand in a debt based monetary system: why we have it backwards

Martin Schmalzried

Nov 27, 2021
9 min

Supply and demand in a debt based monetary system: why we have it backwards

In economics, supply and demand are two foundational concepts. Together, they form the “market”, which ideally, should be “free”, and...

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Martin Schmalzried

Nov 27, 2021
8 min

The REAL Value of Money

In mainstream economics, typically, money is defined as having 3 major characteristics: a means of exchange, a unit of account, and a...

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