Engineering Generosity
Being good at reciprocity means knowing your friend well enough to know what kinds of things will contribute to them feeling loved and valued.
from We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships by Kat Vellos
Leo Guinan added 1mo ago
- Perhaps the most counterintuitive truth of the universe is that the more you give to others, the more you’ll get. Understanding this is the beginning of wisdom.
from 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice by Kevin Kelly
Leo Guinan added 1mo ago
- Kindness has unlimited upside.”
from 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (December 26, 2019) | James Clear by James Clear
Leo Guinan added 1mo ago
- However, if we truly aim at discussing the economy at a level where we can start to grasp it in its broadest sense we need to add the “invisible” economy, or what is more often called the non-monetary economy. This is a system of economies typically embedded in a monetary economy yet it undertakes tasks that benefit society by means that the moneta... See more
from economicspaces by Jenny Grettve
Leo Guinan added 13d ago
- scarce systems do what is most likely to succeed right now, because tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. Abundant systems assume that tomorrow will be there, so it’s ok to focus on longer term goals.
from Introduction to Abundant Systems
Leo Guinan added 1mo ago
System timelines - short-term scarcity vs long-term abundance
- Reciprocity is not merely generosity; giving away a surplus is an investment, insurance that others will help in your own time of need
from A 600-Year-Old Blueprint for Weathering Climate Change by Kathleen DuVal
Leo Guinan added 1mo ago
- The chief challenge, as Lee sees it, is how to make AI smarter without just throwing more data and computing power at it. His hope rests on the iterative tweaking of algorithms that improve the performance of AI at a “geometric pace.”
from Will AI Bring Plentitude or Further Imperil the Planet? | NOEMA by noemamag.com
Leo Guinan added 1mo ago
This is the goal of subminds
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 ret
... See morefrom More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity by Jeff Shinabarger
Leo Guinan added 1mo ago
- And more than anything, it feels particularly, uncomfortably, acutely uncertain.
from Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Leo Guinan added 13d ago
The biggest thing we can do is give people a sense of a secure present from which to explore potential abundant futures.