ANTONINO GALLONI
International Economist, Graduated in Law - Researcher at the American University of Berkeley - President of the Monetary Studies Center - FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR
A NEW CIRCULAR ECONOMY, COMING FROM THE PAST!
They had told me about an International Humanitarian Foundation that was running a Circular Solidarity Economy reality through a specific department, benefiting hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
The news intrigued me, as I was already aware of the existence of ancient systems that had been used in past centuries, to create an economy through mathematical techniques and alternate passage procedures, where the Economy was received in a rotating manner, by all the members who were part of it, but I wanted to understand how close this reality, created on a digital platform, came to the actual techniques, also because I had been told that there were already 150,000 adherents.
So I was able to get in touch directly with the Founder and Creator of this platform (Giorgio Porcellana), whom I had already met in the past for other circumstances, from whom I was able to receive more direct information on Islands of Change, complete with regulations and a mathematical description of how the steps to benefit from this economy took place. A growing economy, which starts from 100 € of personal gift (on a symbolic scheme of Islands and sequential shifting positions), but which can allow to reach gifts of tens of thousands of €, through the redistribution of a part of the gifts, which are put back into circulation for the community of the community (through the entry into larger schemes and perpetual returns of the same).
ECONOMICS IS NOT AN OPINION.
When I saw the perfect and continuous mathematics that generated the passage of economic gifts to all participants who joined in, through inputs of greater economic magnitude on larger islands (like communicating vessels), it didn’t take me long to realise that this reality could really work, but I wanted to understand first of all if there was a company behind it or someone who profited from the exchange of gifts, to see if it was really all decentralised as they said and that therefore there wasn’t a Mr. Ponzi on duty, who could run away with the loot (once everything grew) or that someone always benefited more than the others (pyramid system style) and lastly, if to reach the goal, continuous and infinite participants were needed (chain letter style), where in this case the system could have collapsed, due to lack of adherents, given that all the steps to reach the destination and thus receive the gifts in money, went on according to the closing of specific positions.
Upon analysing the rules, I immediately noticed that the platform had all functions preset by strict and armoured automatisms and regulations. The founders themselves were not allowed to manipulate any functions to improve their own advancement, let alone benefit from facilities for themselves, so they participated on an equal footing with all the other members of the community, regularly entering and exiting the islands, making and receiving gifts like all the other members (a reality witnessed by the participants themselves who saw them advance or slow down like the others).
None of them or other participants who left first, could benefit from the central position of Heir (the position where the Gifts are received), more than the time needed to take the Gifts. Therefore, on the way out, all donors returned as per the rules.
Platform Analysis
Analysing the platform, one could see that it did not really collect a single penny from the gifts exchanged between participants, as its sustenance came from taking donations, through the Foundation's Avatars (called ETERNALs), which were also included in the islands to offer some safeguards against possible cancellation by a participant, because these Avatars could take over for a cancelled Heir, allowing the other donors and participants present, to be able to go on without interruption (he left out no detail I told myself). The Department could also be supported with other voluntary donations, offered by all participants, every time a milestone was reached or every time someone felt it was right to offer it, so as to help defray the costs of software updates, servers, technicians, private chats, direct assistance, etc. as well as to support the realisation of all the Humanitarian projects that the Foundation itself is scheduled to do. So I immediately ruled out Ponzi and pyramid schemes. No one kept percentages of money and no one stayed on a summit to benefit indefinitely. So I tried some simulations on the 8-donor version (with a maximum total of 15 participants), since I had also been told about a 4-donor version (with 5 participants), to see if arriving at the final destination, the one where the participant could benefit from gifts from other members, really allowed the sustainability of the system or if sooner or later the flow of progress would stop. Well, with this mathematical and geometric scheme, all the steps were perfect, and participants, entering with only one gift, could arrive at the final destination, benefiting 8 times more than they had donated at their entry.
Redistribution of gifts
Clearly, not all the Gifts can keep them for themselves, because to generate the circularity of the economy, they always have to give back a part of it, in fact on the first turn of the first Island out of 4, 1 Gift must use it to re-enter the same Island perpetually, 4 Gifts use it to enter the bigger Island (where they give €400) and 3 Gifts can keep it for themselves (€300). But from the 2nd round onwards of that Island, they can keep 7 for themselves (€700), because they have already entered the bigger Island and only 1 they use to re-enter an Island of the same level again, ad infinitum.
Analysing the 2nd Big Island (the 400 one), they accrue 8 gifts of 400€, of which in the first round they use 4 to go to the 1600€ Big Island, 1 they use to return perpetually to that Island as well and 3 gifts (1200€), they can keep for themselves. Not bad I thought, but from the 2nd round onwards, they can keep 7 gifts for themselves (€2800) and only 1 they use to return to the Island of the same level.
On the other hand, in the 3rd Island, having entered with the gifts from the previous Island, they accrue 8 Gifts of €1600 (12.800), of which in the first round they use 3 (4800€) plus 200€ taken from the previous gifts, to enter the 4th and last Island (where the gift is 5000€), another 4 Gifts they can keep for themselves (6400€) and 1 (the last one) they use to return to the same Island of the same level (thus 1600€), while from the 2nd round onwards 7 Gifts they can keep for themselves (11,200) and only 1 they use to return perpetually to an Island of the same level. And this is where the circular economy starts to put a premium on participants reaching this level.
The Circularity of give and take
But the Island that really offers a great circular economy and solidarity to the participants is surely the last one, the fourth, the one where the gift made was 5000€, which actually came from the gifts taken from the previous Island and not from its own external economy (here is the importance of this circularity system).
In fact, from this fourth Island, as there is no other advanced one, they can immediately keep 7 gifts for themselves, thus 35,000, using only 1 for the perpetual return of that Island as well.
Practically from then on, the participant finds himself travelling within this scheme (of these Islands), ad infinitum, continuing to benefit from these gifts, each time they reach the centre again, simply by following the basic rule, give 1 gift and when you get to Heir you receive 8 gifts of equal magnitude. A mathematical and geometric action that is foolproof and fully sustainable, because there is no specific time to reach the set destination. So, as explicitly repeated in the rules, it is only a matter of time, and with the functions included, sooner or later, you really will reach your destination. You just have to be patient, because this is not a business, but an economy that the participants create directly, with their input.
No obligation to enlist
All that remained was to find out how they had programmed the platform to prevent participants from blocking it, which usually comes to a halt when they run out of contacts.
And I have to say that here, the creator of this platform has come up with some very advanced techniques because he has made it so that advancement also takes place at the hands of the participants themselves who have already entered. First of all, by having them re-enter as perpetual participants (every time they leave an island of the same level) but also through Clone Avatars generated by the participants themselves, which in the end have the same function as a real participant (they enter, make the gift, duplicate themselves, move on to the major and perpetual islands and have other participants receive their gifts). In addition, in order to continue to create and benefit from this solidarity economy, everyone must enter the major island (giving excess gifts back to that island’s Heir), thus allowing the economy to circulate.
The insertion of Clones (virtual Avatars), generated by the participants themselves, by means of a button on the platform, in fact allows the participant to generate the entry of his own autonomous Avatar, whose only concern is to make a gift to the central Heir (the one who in turn benefits from the gifts), on the part of the inserted Clone, for everything to proceed in the advancement of the participants present in that Island, but having recovered gifts from the previous one, this absolutely does not entail any other personal financial outlay on the part of the participant, but the simple renunciation of 1 gift out of 8. Very acceptable action, considering that all the economy achieved was received as a gift.
There is always a way to get to the goal
He even included the possibility of generating a Clone from Heir (called UNLOCK) so that the duplication of participants can still be created, but without having to send another gift to anyone. Like Heir, one only has to give up 1 gift out of 8, and everything continues on to its intended destination. What can I say? The more I looked at the regulations and techniques included in this platform, the more I realised the genius that had given birth to it. No detail had been overlooked. When I was told that he had even created functions to allow a participant to enter even if he did not have the initial gift to do so, thanks to a mode he called Facilitated Gifting, which basically allows a participant to enter who will offer his gift, when he/she reaches Heir on his/her second turn of the initial island (not even on the first turn), I did not believe myself, but indeed if a participant decides to take his/her gift later, when the confirmed donor has reached the position of Heir, this does not harm anyone and does not prevent it from functioning or continuing. Everyone advances equally and no one loses gifts, they simply postpone their arrival. I was more and more astounded!
An opportunity truly for everyone
What JOREL (this is how the founder is known within the Communities) used to say to me is that the redistribution of the gifts that are to go to others must always take place on time when the first gifts are received. Our part said that even if we take it later, it doesn’t matter, but in the meantime, we have helped a person or a family enter into this fantastic reality. It was a gesture of solidarity that led me to realise that it was not just a system to generate an economy, but that it also gave a change to so many families who did not even have the money to enter this economy, that thanks to this Facilitated Gift, they too could enter it. Nothing to do with the business world. I said to him, “But do you know that in this way, you are helping people out of poverty?” And he replied, “This is our intent. At least we are trying!”
But he said, it doesn’t end there. I had a mode called Solidary Gift inserted, which is the same as the Facilitated Gift, with the difference that in this case, if you receive it, you will no longer have to return it to the one who gave it to you, but simply when you are Heir, you will have to unlock another participant also, with a Solidary Gift, who also will not have to return it to the one who gave it to him (hence to you), but he too will have to confirm another participant with the Solidarity Gift, ad infinitum, perpetually accepting the entry of a participant, who will never have to return the gift to the one who gave it to him, but out of solidarity, will use it to accept another participant who will do the same.
If I was amazed before, at this point, I became aware that this was not just a system to generate an economy but something much bigger and humanitarian. This reality could really make a big difference to the peoples of the earth.
True solidarity applied
He told me again, and if that’s not enough, I had another feature implemented called Early Gifting, which is like the Facilitated Gift, so by giving it, we will receive it when he or she is Heir on his or her second turn, but it will allow us to get a participant onto the Island of another Heir (where we will also facilitate the advancement of the present participants to another Island), by us sending the gift for him or her, to the Heir of this Island. When the donor is then Heir in his second round, we can get that gift back for ourselves.
The difference is that in this way, we will be able to help many other contacts, who, by not entering our Island, we could never help with the Facilitated Gift. In this way, the Anticipated Gift comes into action, which does not make us lose the gift and, at the same time, makes him our direct. This means that when he re-enters the Islands, he will always follow us, helping us to move forward. I help him; he helps me.
I was realising that with every step taken in giving a benefit to a participant, there was always a benefit coming back, just like the universal laws of give and take! The reciprocal gift of solidarity was inherent on every modality he had incorporated. He had truly created the concept of the Sacred Economy, the name ancient peoples had given to this system.
A sacred economy
But he added, if you look closely at the transitions that occur when you go from one position to another, from one island to another, and return perpetually, there are many similarities with life. You see, when you come in and you are a Donor it is as if you are being born. The person who invited you is a bit like your parent (father or mother). When you move on, you gain life experiences and evolve by improving your role positions. When you invite someone and they become your direct, it is as if you have created children. When your jabs invite, it is as if you have created grandchildren. The others who have been invited by your inviter are like brothers, while the brothers of your inviter are like uncles. Your invitee's invitee will then be like the symbolic grandfather or grandmother, and we will all help each other out together. When you reach the final destination of Heir then, you are the island's elder. When you return perpetually, it is as if you have returned to life with the experience of the previous one (in a new existence). When you move on to a greater Island it is as if you have passed into a more advanced, more evolved dimension of life and if you open a new account, creating a new Avatar it is as if you have reincarnated in another body. As you see there are many analogies to life and its sacredness. That is why they also called it a sacred economy. Yes, all this was no longer just a system to generate a circular economy but also to understand some aspects of life and our more spiritual side. Then, donating money to someone you don't even know but who you know will be able to solve part of their economic problems in life with that money (even if it is just to pay a bill or rent) gives you feedback that no other economic reality can ever give you.
Timelines on results
At this point it was just a question of seeing how quickly the final destinations could be reached. He told me that in the first year of the platform’s life, this depended more on the more or less active participation of each individual participant, as the timeframe could increase through the transfer times of the gifts, between one transfer and the next, where from the estimates he told, it could take up to 8-10 days (between instant or ordinary transfers and problems related to the Banks), before the gifts arrived in the participants’ bank accounts, not to mention any checks that the Banks wanted to make on the arrival of the gifts (not understanding the existence of this type of economy). Therefore, he said, the time could be much longer before the gifts could be received, leave one island, return to another, and return to receive more gifts on the next island.
No stagnation, but constant evolution
Then there was the time it took to close positions, he continued, where again it could take days, as well as months, as the steps of advancement depended on the intervention of the participants present, who could invite new members or decide to place Clones and Unlocks (Clones by Heir), as there is no obligation to invite and to this was linked the possibility that some direct invitees, could be temporarily lost on another island, because if our jab tried to enter ours. It was already occupied by donors in the gift phase, the system would offer him the opportunity to enter another island. Since the system stipulated that the jab would only have to make one trip to our island, and then bring benefit to another one that had been stationary for longer (to make it easier for those who did not have jabs), the arrival time was even longer.
The point was that if there was a lack of help between invitee and guest, we risked being stuck for too long before someone could enter our island and thus allow us to advance. As the islands became more and more divided with each exit of a Heir, it was no longer possible to maintain this rule and these rhythms.
Situations that could cause us to lose the momentum of the moment, because then, having temporarily one less direct, this one would take its benefit to another island, where upon entering, it would also attract its directs and indirect by lineage (like a magnet), which if they too were lost, all the self-generated thrust would be lost. This is one of the reasons for slowing down that could be encountered on the journey before.
It's just a matter of time
Now, however, he told me, I have had a perpetual lineage of all our directs, be they real or clones, who will always follow us to all the major and perpetual islands, so that they will always give us the impetus to advance in position, until we become Heirs in a new island, where we then receive the gifts and return to another island, where they will follow us again.
We realised from the first year’s experience,” he continued, “that we no longer have to rely on the arrival of perpetual participants returning to the older island, because as more and more islands were created, too much time would be lost before we could move forward. Whereas now, by always creating and receiving our direct participants, which the system makes us generate each time we travel to a smaller island (the initial one), we only have to wait for them and our journey will resume moving forward, even if there were billions of islands.
A help for everyone
He told me that among the special functions, I created one called FAMILY HELP, which allows us to help even a participant who cannot advance immediately by sending him one of our jabs to his island, as if he were his own invitee, unlocking his position and making him advance sooner (especially if he has already become a Heir). Together with our jab, indirect connected to him will also enter the island. A real cavalry that comes to the rescue to get the participants moving forward sooner. I wanted to give a lot of space to solidarity actions, to really help everyone to advance sooner I no longer had any doubts, and when I tried to do simulations again with the Demo version (according to the new rules), everyone kept on going, always getting their jabs in, every time they came out of their island, avoiding having to wait for the initial times told by some participants.
A real Social experiment
But what made me say, Wow, this reality is giving birth to an unprecedented social experiment of circular economy and solidarity, was the version of these FAST Islands that are about to start any day now. Six Islands of different levels, which with small gifts, will allow one to benefit from increasing gifts, always starting with an Island of 100, then moving on to 200, 400, 800, 1600 and finally 3200, benefiting from increasing economic abundance.
These Islands were something truly amazing and evolutionary, where I believe Porcelain really gave his all to upgrade and implement these revolutionary new features. Islands of only 4 Donors and 1 Heir. Five participants in all, who despite receiving 4 fewer gifts (compared to the others), thanks to the inclusion of different functions and rules of participation, will actually make them even faster and more continuous in their travels, far surpassing all 15-participant schemes.
I don’t know what else is if this is not a circular economic development system.
A great gift to humanity
Therefore, I believe that this social experiment, capable of generating a circular and solidarity-based economy, will be talked about all over the world, for a long time (given that it is already present in 42 nations), who knows, maybe writing a page of history, on how people have finally been able to create for themselves an automatic system, which can meet the basic economic needs of life, thanks to the genius of Giorgio Porcellana and to the seriousness of the institution that accompanies, protects and guarantees it, namely the INTERNATIONAL JOREL FOUNDATION, which among other things brings with it the development of humanitarian projects of great value for all those who wish to live with healthy and genuine principles, in line with nature and the positive evolution of peoples (I suggest you take a look at the Institutional Site). A beautiful gift for mankind, which perhaps those who should be thinking of the real needs of the peoples of the world could really have given us from birth.
