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Are humans naturally self-interested? Or is self-interest a reframing of greed - a packaged and marketed "gluten-free" no saturated fat version of avarice? Is it okay to care about ourselves rather than everyone? Are we humans a collective of beings or a tribe protecting scarce resources?
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The original definition of "passion" referred to intense experiences of suffering or submission. It has to do with a lack of control over one’s emotions or circumstances. In the early modern period (1500-1800), the passions of pride and revenge were seen by philosophers and the church as destabilizing forces. Greed was seen as more predictable, because it could channel destructive passions into productive activities, such as trade and commerce, contributing to societal stability. Adam Smith framed greed as self-interest, and described it as a driver of progress. Greed was reframed from a moral vice to a rational and virtuous pursuit. Self-interest is rooted in suffering and submission. A reframed painting has the same picture. Only the frame has changed.
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A university hires a professor and pays them to write academic articles. The academic journal pays the writer nothing to use their material. In fact, many journals charge the author thousands to publish an article. The peer reviewer for the articles gets nothing for their work, either. Then the university has to pay thousands of dollars a year for a subscription to the journal so that their students can read the articles they paid the professor to write. This is a scam and the profit margins for the academic journals are off the charts. The future of academia is web3, decentralized with low bureaucracy, open access, and transparent with writers holding their own IP and being paid for their work, both as teachers and authors. First it was defi, then gamefi, then socialfi and now desci.
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DAOs need to be created by people who don't agree with each other. We are joined by ideology, not geography. Our metamorphoses involve transmuting differences into similarities, lead into gold. As Narcissus said to Echo, "This way, we must come together."
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All suggestions are free. It’s the ones you don’t take that you pay for.
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The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down in order to feel it’s warmth.
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