Engineering Generosity
Collection to inspire the book
Engineering Generosity
Collection to inspire the book
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Being good at reciprocity means knowing your friend well enough to know what kinds of things will contribute to them feeling loved and valued.
Trust and friendship
Money is a captured subset of human value created. For people with plenty, it’s the default, because it’s easy to use. But for people without, that value is captured in ways like status, privileges, perks, etc.
None of us are saints, but we can all try to be better. Each time you do something generous, you're shaping yourself into someone who's more likely to be generous next time, and that matters.
Generosity is self-perpetuating
Generous people view their possessions as temporary; they are joining in a bigger story. Generous people are always looking toward the needs of others by using what they have been given. Things don’t matter; people do. They open their house to others. They open their pool for parties. They let people borrow their cars. They freely give, with no
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Incentive structures don’t map to ultimate high-value results
System timelines - short-term scarcity vs long-term abundance