Jon Erickson: "Illusions, Power and the Political Economy"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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The Purpose of the University
I've read a paper on altruism and how when people were shown an example of someone else being altruistic, they were like 300 times more likely to do altruistic acts themselves. And I think maybe in these alternative economic systems or alternative ways of interacting with others, we lack imagination. We don't see what's possible. So if we can see other people doing it, it's like Josh Farley says, just when you go to the health club, you lift weights to flex your muscles. The same thing is with cooperation and community and sharing and interacting with others. You have to flex those muscles.
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