Sandwichman wrote: > The core idea is that the objective world of buying and selling that > we experience is an artificial construct based on the zero-sum > notion that "what's mine is mine and what's yours is yours." So > absolutely more for you is less for me, even if exchange makes us > both relatively better off. In a gift economy, though, more for you > is more for me because there is a social obligation of generosity.
Bruce Sterling's short story, "Maneki Neko", [1] draws an entertaining picture of a gift economy and the hysterical hostility with which it's regarded by those deeply inculcated with (or indentured to) the currently conventional business and political ethic. [1] Full text at http://tqft.net/wiki/Maneki_Neko. Save the page and insert double spaces between paragraphs with your favorite text editor to make it more readable. Tsuyoshi blinked. "Look, I don't know anything about all that. I'm just living my life." "Well, your network gift economy is undermining the lawful, government approved, regulated economy!" -- Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~. /V\ [email protected] /( )\ http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
