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Didn’t groups of people live without money just fine for most of human existence? We worked together. Money only entered the equation when the groups we lived a
by elliekelly 5y ago
Didn’t groups of people live without money just fine for most of human existence? We worked together. Money only entered the equation when the groups we lived and interacted with started getting too big and impersonal. Generosity is easier when you know the people benefiting from your work. Greed and freeloading are easier when you don’t.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoI would argue that we are living in a all time high of human generosity, on a scale previously unimaginable. It just isn't carried out on a personal and emotional level.
- elliekelly 5y agoDoes human generosity scale though? I’m not so sure. Because we’re also living in a time of human hunger, human thirst, and human displacement previously unimaginable. The generosity doesn’t seem able to keep pace.
- s1artibartfast 5y ago>we’re also living in a time of human hunger, human thirst, and human displacement previously unimaginable. I fundamentally disagree. I think the percent of humans suffering from hunger, thirst, sickness, and displacement is also at an all time low.
- stevejb 5y agoUh yeah this is totally wrong. Life has never been better for the vast majority of the world's population.