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=== "Resource-Based Community Experiment (RBCE)" === | === "Resource-Based Community Experiment (RBCE)" === | ||
# This title is proposed for the same reasons listed above for "Resource-Based Settlement Experiment (RBSE)" with the exception of the word "Settlement" being replaced with the word "Community". | # This title is proposed for the same reasons listed above for "Resource-Based Settlement Experiment (RBSE)" with the exception of the word "Settlement" being replaced with the word "Community". | ||
− | # The term "community" is suggested due to the possibility of altering the project structure to include a more "open" or "mixed" model as a result of a currently ongoing "[[RBEM | + | # The term "community" is suggested due to the possibility of altering the project structure to include a more "open" or "mixed" model as a result of a currently ongoing "[[Degree of Openness of RBEM Projects]]" discussion. The term "community" usually refers to a social unit larger than a small village that shares common values[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community] while the term "settlement" refers to a permanent or temporary community in which people live or have lived[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_settlement]. Thus, from a semantic standpoint, the term "community" implies a more open and interdependent structure than "settlement" in that participants of the project would engage in activities involved specifically with the RBCE community as well as activities of commerce and trade in the currently dominant monetary economic model without necessarily having to live in a fixed geological area. |
# It should also be noted that ultimately deciding that the name of the project should be changed to "RBCE" will require some changes to be made in the literature on [[The RBE10K Project|the main page]] of the project to elaborate on the community-based structure. | # It should also be noted that ultimately deciding that the name of the project should be changed to "RBCE" will require some changes to be made in the literature on [[The RBE10K Project|the main page]] of the project to elaborate on the community-based structure. | ||