Great post. The scarcity myth, alongside the idea of the rational, self-interested economic man, both need busting! An essential point you highlight here is the concept of manufactured desire driven by insecurity. Before 'marketing' became marketing, it was candidly termed 'consumption engineering', which tells us all we need to know (no shade to marketeers :)) Relearning enoughness feels like the essential work.
Time is the only scarcity. We can't buy more of it, we've all got about eighty years of it, give or take, and depending on forces beyond our control we may have less. That's why other people want yours: whether it's helping them in their goals or wasting your time so you're not a threat they want it. Don't give it to them: know what you're about and spend your time on that. People who want your time want power over you and the desire for power should be the first clue they shouldn't have it. True peace and justice comes from an organic and holistic society of individuals creating good rather than a few individuals creating power. Find the thing you want to be about and be the change you want to be.
We can live in a post scarcity world by combining knowledge, creativity, and problem solving.
The only real scarcity that exists is knowledge, and humans create that. We do so much faster and with less falliblity when we use high trust groups of people working together in collective intelligence swarms.
Great post. The scarcity myth, alongside the idea of the rational, self-interested economic man, both need busting! An essential point you highlight here is the concept of manufactured desire driven by insecurity. Before 'marketing' became marketing, it was candidly termed 'consumption engineering', which tells us all we need to know (no shade to marketeers :)) Relearning enoughness feels like the essential work.
Time is the only scarcity. We can't buy more of it, we've all got about eighty years of it, give or take, and depending on forces beyond our control we may have less. That's why other people want yours: whether it's helping them in their goals or wasting your time so you're not a threat they want it. Don't give it to them: know what you're about and spend your time on that. People who want your time want power over you and the desire for power should be the first clue they shouldn't have it. True peace and justice comes from an organic and holistic society of individuals creating good rather than a few individuals creating power. Find the thing you want to be about and be the change you want to be.
We can live in a post scarcity world by combining knowledge, creativity, and problem solving.
The only real scarcity that exists is knowledge, and humans create that. We do so much faster and with less falliblity when we use high trust groups of people working together in collective intelligence swarms.