Michael Wolraich: Law is massively overrated. Almost all conflicts we have about who gets what and why, are not handled through law. When you lose something or find something, n when you, you know, are on some one's land, you usually just work it out. He says that ownership traces back two hunter gatherer tribes, and actually even deeper to our animal territoriality. It actualy is a very direct link a from animals to those hunter gatherer groups. Those battles weren't expressed in codified law, but they were very familiar. They would look very familiar to kids to day on a playground, if you could bring them back a hunter gather or
“Mine” is one of the first words babies learn. By the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you reclining or the squished laptop user behind? Why is plagiarism wrong, but it’s okay to knock-off a recipe or a dress design? Mine! explains these puzzles and many more.