• JayleneSlide@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Parallel/overlapping with mutual aid: timebanks. My regional timebank has an emergency services category (not sure how widespread that is). More generally, timebanks are a cashless means for exchanging services where everyone’s time is valued equally.

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      timebanks

      For those interested in the idea, Skinner’s Walden Two describes a community with a form of time-banking. Everyone’s time is valued equally but less desirable* jobs accrue credit faster.


      • the ones that people aren’t signing up for.