1. Quantum Moreness
Kantian Time and the Performative Economics of Multiplicity
World Picture Conference
Colorado Springs CO 22 Apr 2022
Slides: http://slideshare.net/LaBlogga
Melanie Swan, MBA, PhD
Quantum Technologies
Centre for Blockchain Technologies
University College London

2. 22 Apr 2022
Quantum Moreness
Quantum Moreness Agenda
1. Quantum mindset
 What is quantum?
 What is quantum science?
 The quantum mindset
2. Time (Kant)
 Transcendentally ideal and empirical real
3. Money (Graeber, Orrell, Buterin)
 Blockchain economics
 Post-debt capital
 Use value over exchange value
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3. 22 Apr 2022
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What is Quantum?
 “Quantum” refers to anything at the scale of
 Atoms (Nano 10-9) (nanotechnology is already quantum)
 Ions and photons (Pico 10-12)
 Subatomic particles (Femto 10-15)
 In quantum studies, quantum means
1. Investigating potential quantum effects found in phenomena
2. Applying quantum methods in the study of phenomena
 Quantum computing, quantum machine learning
 Quantum fields (representative example)
 Quantum chemistry, quantum biology, quantum astronomy
 Quantum humanities (extension of digital humanities)
1. Study art/literature with quantum methods
2. Find examples of quantum concepts in art/literature
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4. 22 Apr 2022
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What is Quantum Science?
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 Quantum science: classification, manipulation, and
creation of matter at the quantum scale
 Quantum matter (topological materials)
 Novel phases of matter that emerge at zero-temperature with
exotic properties described with symmetry and topology
 Quantum information
 Information-theoretic formulations of physics problems (e.g.
evaluate information content in quantum states with entropy)

5. 22 Apr 2022
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The Quantum Mindset
 The Quantum Mindset: thinking in terms of quantum
properties to solve problems
 Superposition: literally co-existing realities before collapsed
 Superpositioned data modeling (all possible system states tested
simultaneously); quantum product manager (Gartner)
 Quantum machine learning (unsupervised learning using Born
machine not Boltzmann machine)
 Develop standardized quantum circuits (e.g. neural signaling)
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Classical System
(0/1 bits)
Quantum System
(complex-valued qubits
on a Bloch sphere)
Domain Properties Definition
Quantum
Matter
Symmetry Looking the same from different points of view (e.g. a face, cube, laws of physics);
symmetry breaking is phase transition
Topology Geometric structure preserved under deformation (bending, stretching, twisting, and
crumpling, but not cutting or gluing); doughnut and coffee cup both have a hole
Quantum
Information
Superposition An unobserved particle exists in all possible states simultaneously, but once measured,
collapses to just one state (superpositioned data modeling of all possible states)
Entanglement Particles connected such that their states are related, even when separated by distance
(a “tails-up/tails-down” relationship; one particle in one state, other in the other)
Interference Waves reinforcing or canceling each other out (cohering or decohering)

6. 22 Apr 2022
Quantum Moreness
Quantum Moreness Agenda
1. Quantum mindset
 What is quantum?
 What is quantum science?
 The quantum mindset
2. Time (Kant)
 Transcendentally ideal and empirical real
3. Money (Graeber, Orrell, Buterin)
 Blockchain economics
 Post-debt capital
 Use value over exchange value
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7. 22 Apr 2022
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Kant’s Transcendental Philosophy
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 Conventional continental philosophy of time
 Presence assumes non-presence but not multiplicity of
presence (Husserl, Derrida, Heidegger)
 Kant (Critique of Pure Reason) time and space
 Infinite magnitudes of simultaneous multiplicities
 Totality as allness (absolute totality and multiplicity of time)
 Dual nature of time and space as both transcendentally ideal
and empirically real
 “the empirical reality of space…though to be sure at the same
time its transcendental ideality” (B44/A28)

8. 22 Apr 2022
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Time and Space
Transcendentally Ideal and Empirically Real
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Faculty-based Transcendentally Ideal and Empirically Real Formulations of Time and Space
Sensibility Understanding Reason
Transcendentally
Ideal
Infinite magnitude
(form of intuition)
(A29/B45, A49/B68)
Absolute unity and eternality Absolute totality
(transcendental intuition)
Empirically
Real
Snapshot time series of
images in intuition
Time series of points in line-
drawing (formal intuition)
(§26 B160n)
Time series ascending to
the unconditioned
 Two-tier model
 Transcendentally ideal: abstract conceptual formulation
 Empirically real: concretized operational deployment
 Time and space are a priori synthetic unities that
condition the use of the faculties
 The manifold into which objects are perceived (sensibility),
apperceived (understanding), and cognized (reason)

9. 22 Apr 2022
Quantum Moreness
Time and Space
Transcendentally Ideal and Empirically Real
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Faculty-based Transcendentally Ideal and Empirically Real Formulations of Time and Space
Sensibility Understanding Reason
Transcendentally
Ideal
Infinite magnitude
(form of intuition)
(A29/B45, A49/B68)
Absolute unity and eternality Absolute totality
(transcendental intuition)
Empirically
Real
Snapshot time series of
images in intuition
Time series of points in line-
drawing (formal intuition)
(§26 B160n)
Time series ascending to
the unconditioned
 Two-tier model
 Transcendentally ideal: abstract conceptual formulation
 Empirically real: concretized operational deployment
 Time and space are a priori synthetic unities that
condition the use of the faculties
 The manifold into which objects are perceived (sensibility),
apperceived (understanding), and cognized (reason)

10. 22 Apr 2022
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Kant and Scientific Theories
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 Problem: interconnecting the apparently
transcendentally ideal and empirically
real nature of time and space, at various
scales and through different “goggles”
 Kantian transcendental unity of apperception
 Scientific telescopes and microscopes
Scientific Theories and Faculty-based Time and Space Formulations in the Critique of Pure Reason

11. 22 Apr 2022
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Integrating Time and Space Regimes
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The very big: General Relativity (GR)
Human-scale: Classical Mechanics
The very small: Quantum Mechanics (QM)
Source: Barbour, J. (2009) The Nature of Time. Foundational Questions Institute essay competition (The Nature of Time) first prize
winner. arXiv: 0903.3489, p. 2.
Quantum Computing
Classical Computing
Classical-Quantum Computing
General
Relativity
Quantum
Mechanics
Classical
Mechanics
Quantum computing
GPS, satellite orbits, spacecraft trajectories
Quantum computing in space: orbits, trajectories, navigation

12. 22 Apr 2022
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Quantum Moreness Agenda
1. Quantum mindset
 What is quantum?
 What is quantum science?
 The quantum mindset
2. Time (Kant)
 Transcendentally ideal and empirical real
3. Money (Graeber, Orrell, Buterin)
 Blockchain economics
 Post-debt capital
 Use value over exchange value
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13. 22 Apr 2022
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Quantum Moreness and Money
 Functions of money
 Medium of exchange
 Store of value
 Unit of account
 Dual virtual-physical nature of money
 Virtual phase: money is a score in a ledger
 Physical phase: money is material wealth
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Agrarian Empires Axial Age (800
BCE-600 AD)
Middle Ages
(600-1600)
New World Era
Gold Standard
(mid 16c-1933)
End of Gold
Standard
(1933-present)
Transcendentally
Ideal
Virtual credit (clay
tablet ledger
inscription)
Virtual credit (metals
shortage, banking
instruments, bills of
exchange)
Free-floating
currencies
Cryptocurrencies
Empirically
Real
Precious metal
coinage
Metal money
2011 2013

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Quantum Moreness and Money
 Practical example of Quantum Mindset
 Money behaves as a quantum object, like
light, having properties of both “wave and
particle” (virtual-physical) until collapsed in
a real-life purchasing transaction
 Encourages probabilistic not deterministic
thinking in the domain of economics
 Classical economics does not consider
money itself as an object of inquiry
 “Shed outmoded Newtonian theories”
 Support non-Newtonian physics models
 Special ontological status of money
 Travel between virtual and physical worlds
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2018
€
$
¥
€

15. 22 Apr 2022
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Economic Self-Determination
Quantum Moreness and Money
 A blockchain is set of user-
defined protocols for setting up
economic transactions
 Blockchain-enabled economic
design principles
 Post-debt capital financing
 Payment channels with micro-
level tracking and adjustment
 Intrinsic use value over
marketized exchange value
 Public goods quadratic funding
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2019
2019 2020
Private goods: 1:1 zero-sum
Public goods: multiplicative effect

16. 22 Apr 2022
Quantum Moreness
Quantum Moreness Agenda
1. Quantum mindset
 What is quantum?
 What is quantum science?
 The quantum mindset
2. Time (Kant)
 Transcendentally ideal and empirical real
3. Money (Graeber, Orrell, Buterin)
 Blockchain economics
 Post-debt capital
 Use value over exchange value
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17. 22 Apr 2022
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Conclusion: Quantum Moreness
 Mindset of many kinds of moreness at all times
 Quantum Mindset
 Facility with thinking in terms of the quantum properties
 Superposition, entanglement, interference, symmetry, topology
 Superposition: multiple realities simultaneously exist before
being collapsed in a measurement
 Kant transcendentally ideal-empirically real time/space
 Ideal: infinite magnitudes of simultaneous multiplicities
 Real: concretized line-drawing in the form of the time series
 Blockchain economics: virtual-physical money
 Economic self-determination and the crypto citizen
 Post-debt capital via payment channels & real-time adjustment
 Exchange value rehabilitated to use value: public goods design
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2020

18. Quantum Moreness
Kantian Time and the Performative Economics of Multiplicity
World Picture Conference
Colorado Springs CO 22 Apr 2022
Slides: http://slideshare.net/LaBlogga
Melanie Swan, MBA, PhD
Quantum Technologies
Centre for Blockchain Technologies
University College London
Thank you!
Questions?

19. 22 Apr 2022
Quantum Moreness
Jokes
The Quantum Mindset
 Heisenberg uncertainty principle
 A particle’s speed or location can be known, but not both
 Police officer: “Sir, do you know how fast you were going?”
 Heisenberg: “No, but I know where I am”
 Schrödinger’s cat states and superposition
 Multiple states literally coexist before collapsed in measurement
 Police officer: (inspecting trunk): “Sir, did you know there is a dead cat?”
 Schrödinger: “Well, now I do”
 Einstein: E=mc2 and no “spooky action at a distance”
 Energy is equal to mass x the speed of light squared, no FTL
 True, faster-than-light travel does not allow one particle to influence
another, but entanglement is the proven explanation
 Heads-tails relationships between particles, used in the quantum
teleportation of cryptographic keys for secure login
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20. 22 Apr 2022
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Quantum: many exponential speed-ups
1. Bit (0 or 1)
2. Qubit (0 and 1 in superposition)
3. Qudit (more than 2 values in superposition)
 Microchip generates two entangled qudits each with 10
states, for 100 dimensions total, for more than six
entangled qubits could generate (Imany, 2019 )
4. Optics (time and frequency multiplexing)
 Existing telecommunications infrastructure
 Global network not standalone computers in labs
 Time-frequency binning (20+ states tested)
5. Optics (superposition of inputs and gates)
6. High-dimensional entanglement
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Classical
Computing
Quantum
Computing
Source: Imany et al. (2019). High-dimensional optical quantum logic in large operational spaces. npj Quantum Information. 5(59):1-10.

21. 22 Apr 2022
Quantum Moreness
What is Quantum Science?
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Quantum Science: Theoretical Foundations, Quantum Matter, and Quantum Information