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The economics of love: Following the heart, not the head
The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more than their attractive bodies, jobs, or bank accounts, it brings great suffering…You become a heartless taskmaster to yourself, seeing yourself as nothing more
... See morefrom How to Want Less by Arthur Brooks
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Love, in this social philosophy, is something far, far beyond what “economic forces” limit us to. It is the great liberating force of the human spirit, which leads to concrete social progress. Under capitalism, I can see you as a producer, or a consumer — or even a slave or a servant — but never really as a human being. I am always just looking for
... See morefrom Racism Made America a Failed State, Just Like Its Greatest Mind Predicted by Umair Haque
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- Behavioral economics is demonstrating that humans don’t always act in self-interested ways, and that transactions themselves have an emotional component.
from Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators by Clay Shirky
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