Gift Economy: definition proposal
According to Wikipedia:
A gift economy is an economic system in which participants give away things of value to the shared benefit of the community. Continue reading
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Discussion
Let's begin with a few short sentenses about the
gift economy:
I think that a global gift economy is infeasible with our current mentality, and we will need a transition period in which generosity is rewarded to change the prevalent, scarcity-driven mentality. To change this, I propose a non-zero sum currency, designed to work not in an anonymous, global marketplace, but on a
social network of care
. Some experience transacting in a system that can reflect (and reward) the greater productivity of altruism may change people's mentality away from self-accumulation, and prepare them for a global change of attitude.
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