Sometimes I think that the attitudes of the 60s are having an effect now, the flourishing of, would it be, a gift economy? You know, the children of the Flower Children are now adults, going into business, starting to have a hand in the ways things are done/run.
I’m traveling in circles which just give things away.
This is wrong, right? Can’t go on. Not sustainable, like, how can anyone make a living this way?
Abundance makes command relationships difficult to sustain and exchange relationships an almost pointless game. In gift cultures, social status is determined not by what you control but by what you give away. –Eric Steven Raymond
There is something here that is working. Seattle seems to be almost writhing with gifts being made, given, shared, used.
I am sitting here tonight with 14 other Bizniks, being given hundreds of dollars in training. Just because Dan and Daniel (among others) believe in this value.
Biznik, a business networking group that doesn’t suck. I am glad this is going on; I’m fortunate to be here when it is happening.
Hey I LOVE that line you used about gift economy… can I quote you in the Biznik blog? But I can’t tell WHO you are to attribute it (even the bride dress doesn’t necessarily even give away your gender) So, who is that masked bride???
/dan
Posted on 09-Mar-06 at 9:43 am | Permalink