Story of My Book 

My name is Brian Asingia and I am the author of Cashless Society 101. I wrote this book to explore the intersection between Data, A.I and Society, and how individuals, public and private institutions can do right in a world that normalizes and rewards unethical leadership and exclusive innovation. My goal is to help others find a moral compass in the fourth industrial revolution. This will help the reader navigate moral dilemmas around ethical leadership and inclusive innovation through the four pillar values of Identity, Ownership, Trust, and Scale.

My hope is that, in reading this book, you will discover that people are hired in technology companies without the proper or timely training to understand the ethical and value transfer consequences of the increasingly complex and automated systems they design and operate. In this book, I hope to instill in you the same sort of passion and excitement that I have for Ethics in a Cashless Society. Dalporto warns that, “If you tried to reskill a billion people in the university system, you would break the university system.” Ultimately, I want you to see this book as a tool to show that because humans create technology, we need to be skeptical of it and work to make it more effective and less biased.

The coolest story I share in this book is Dr. Jose Morey, NASA, White House, Hyperloop Advisor and Forbes Innovation Expert. His greatest accomplishment is founding Ad Astra Media to Bring STEAM to students through space comics and animations that look like them, underpinning the increasing lack of identity representation in science and technology as well as media.

My hope for this book is helping us understand how both as a society and individually we can do better and keep fighting for an ethical and inclusive future, an ethical and inclusive Cashless Society. You will learn:

About Cashless Society as a philosophy, a cashless values based exchange

Why Cashless Society is an ideal technocratic realization that technology is neutral but humans are not

How we can create room for Ethics or Values Based Leadership and Inclusive Innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

You will love / enjoy this book if you are:

In your 20s to 30s seeking to find your own moral compass beyond groupthink lenses of today

An executive or emerging leader anxious about the unknown and how to lead or listen

Someone who values the power of individual agency and accountability

Cashless Society 101 is a nonfiction book that speaks to lifelong student innovators and emerging leaders who want to look at Ethical Leadership and Inclusive Innovation in a new way.

 

The Book - CASHLESS SOCIETY 101

The book is written in three parts.

Part 1 contains the introduction + chapters 1-3. The book shows how we got here. We explore how technology throughout history has been neutral and it is human behavior and values that are often in need of reflection and adjustment. The value of Ethical Leadership is explored through cash’s relation to greed and Cashless Society defined as a philosophy and technocratic ideal. The author argues that “Technology, though neutral, is a tool for progress towards a better cashless society.”

Part 2 contains chapters 5-8. Principles of ethical innovators and technologists are explored through well researched examples from around the world and the roles of IDENTITY, OWNERSHIP, TRUST and SCALE highlighted. The author shares that “The West takes other cultures and their contributions for granted while the rest of the world is fighting to decolonize innovation.”

Part 3 contains chapters 9-11. The reader is guided on how to drive ethical innovation and technology via a shared value and individual agency moral compass for both individuals and institutions, while exploring the lifelong impacts of automation, data, A.I and society in a Cashless Society. The author shares how “Humans now learn, work, think and act as a herd via group think.” According to the Wall Street Journal, “The business world has become the business of ethics.”

Part 4: contains chapter 12. This is a list of backer-submitted questions from the author’s experience, advisory sessions, workshops and keynotes that will foster thoughtful and meaningful conversations on the role we can each play in advocating for, creating, realizing, and sustaining an ethical and inclusive Cashless Society.
 

What I Need & What You'll Get

This book will be published with New Degree Press. I set up the pre-order tiers to help cover the costs for publishing my book. Money raised will go towards the following:

The Editor I will work with to revise and publish my manuscript in December 2021.

The Cover Design of my book. (The mockups you see currently are a placeholder!)

The Layout Design for the interior of my book (physical copy, ebook formats).

The Copyediting for my book to polish the grammar and spelling prior to publication.

The Launch & Promotion Efforts for my book when I ultimately publish this Winter.

I am also offering some exclusive rewards for people who pre-order my book now:

You will receive a personally signed copy of my book when I publish and a handwritten thank-you note.

Your name will appear in the Acknowledgments section of my book (“with Special Thanks to”).

You will receive early access to the Introduction and some excerpts from my book, with the opportunity to review it and give me early feedback.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in selecting my cover and title.

You will be invited to join my Author Community and get behind-the-scenes sneak peeks into the publishing process.

And much more!

Campaign Goals

Tier 1: Hit $5,500 and the ebook/softcover editions get published (this is the minimum needed).
Tier 2: Hit $6,500 and the book will get a hardcover edition.
Tier 3: Hit $8,500 and we’ll get an audiobook edition.
Tier 4: Hit $12,500 and we will launch a virtual Cashless Society 101 podcast and bookclub.
Tier 5: Hit $15,000+ and we will fund two African filmmakers to attend Nostos Screenwriters retreat this September as a pilot for our inclusive narrative and storytelling ecosystem partnerships.

International Preorders

For international preorders, please do the following:

Identify the perk that interests you, e.g. 1 or 2 paperbacks

Select the pink "Back it" button to "Make a contribution" for the same amount (this choice bypasses the shipping address page)

Use this form https://forms.gle/Ccdzt8hCda3DMC239 to share your mailing address, so I can calculate the international shipping costs and invoice you for that amount via PayPal thepearldreaminc@gmail.com or Venmo @itrustculture or Stripe (credit/debit, alipay and other international payments).

About the Author

BRIAN ASINGIA is the CEO of DreamGalaxy Platform, an innovation studio that trains, advises, and funds ethical entrepreneurial leaders to launch, grow, and scale inclusive innovations. He has over 10 years involvement in the intersection of economy, business development, environment, technology, and the arts, with a focus on Africa. As a global executive, entrepreneur, and thought leader with extensive board and advisory experience, he specializes in leading organizations through critical business stages from incorporation to mergers and IPOs.

Through his work with startups and consulting, he has engaged governments, diplomats, educational institutions, and programs like Creative Lab Paris, Traction Camp by the World Bank, TED Residency by TED, and Entrepreneurs for Impact
MBA by ALTIS, Milan (Tangaza University Business Model Winner 2016). While doing this work, he noticed that people are hired in technology companies without understanding the ethical and moral consequences of the increasingly complex and automated systems they design and operate. As a result, Brian was inspired to think about the intersection of ethics and technology in today’s world and the future, which led to his writing Cashless Society 101.

Originally from Uganda, East Africa, Brian spends time writing sci-fi, listening to live jazz, swing and salsa dancing as well as hiking and cooking with his life partner in New York City, the city of dreams.

For more information, you can connect with Brian Asingia at cashlesssociety@thepearldream.com and @brianasingia on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
 

Risks & Challenges

The biggest challenge with publishing a book is delivering the finished book to the backer, specifically my mailing of the book to you. I have eliminated this risk by building into the campaign the mailing and shipping costs of your signed copies to you within each pre-order tier.

The risk of delivering the pre-sale copies of my book is contingent on the publisher we use. I will be working closely with New Degree Press to make sure we get the earliest possible ship date of the signed book copy to you. We will keep all pre-sale backers up-to-date as my book hits each key milestone and publishes. You will know when the copies are expected to ship.

Other Ways You Can Help

Not everyone can support, but that doesn't mean you can't get something out of it!
I will reward the top 3 people who refer the most backers at the end of the campaign (30 days). Here's how:

At the top of the campaign page, you will see the "share" buttons. Click on the "chain" icon to get a custom link just for you. (Note: don't use the URL in the browser window as it won't work to track referrals and you won't get credit ?)

Copy that link and paste it on your social media, email it to a friend, or text a fellow book lover.

When someone clicks on that link and backs the book, you get 1 entry!