What we value
Examining what this "value" thing is we are all trying to create
What we value
Similar to Zhang Yiming, Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t care very much about the content on his platforms and is much more interested in technology and AI.
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
Boom. This is the issue.
Endowment effect
Valuing an object more, only because you possess it.
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We are emotionally attached to things that we own. It makes sense: There’s an emotional investment in having made the decision, in shifting or cementing your identify as “a person who would have this object,” and how you believe that ownership will be perceived by others.... See more
Valuing an object more, only because you possess it.
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We are emotionally attached to things that we own. It makes sense: There’s an emotional investment in having made the decision, in shifting or cementing your identify as “a person who would have this object,” and how you believe that ownership will be perceived by others.... See more
Jason Cohen • The Serengeti Plain Fallacy: Fallacies that aren't fallacies
This shows how value is an individual quality. In order to purchase something, you have to value it at or above the price.
Freelancing is one of the best ways to make money in a strong economy, but it’s also one of the quickest things to disappear when companies are cutting costs.
Paul Millerd • Designing Your Own Infinite Game In The Creator Economy - Boundless
This seems to imply that creating the impression of a strong economy is a self-fulfilling prophecy that creates more work.
- Paladin saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Barbarian masculine energy saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Enlightened sexless bureaucracy saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Nurturing feminine energy saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Unbridled technological acceleration saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Unbridled GDP growth saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Saintly
every story is a degrowth story
These I agree are degrowth stories.
I think the connection he’s making is to the book, so that the loss of complexity in society leaves people feeling lost and unvalued, and that leads to societal collapse.
What if we don’t tie society to complexity?
Through this work, we can create economies that truly serve human flourishing rather than merely extracting value from human activity—economies built on seeing and being seen for the unique value each person can contribute.
Leo Guinan • The Memetic Foundation of Human Value - A New Economic Paradigm
We need to see people for the value they create
Collapsed states are simpler states, so anyone working towards a simpler state — and anyone telling an intelligible tale is doing precisely that — is working towards a collapse. The failure of a world begins with a failure of the imagination to comprehend increased complexity, and an urge to retreat to greater simplicity.
every story is a degrowth story
I don’t think this is necessarily degrowth, it’s compression. This feels like simplicity is a return to understanding of what’s valuable after building on top of it. It’s the flower budding, blooming, wilting, and blooming again. It’s cyclical and growth oriented, because uncapped growth is deadly to the environment and will be rejected.
- Earn money in as many different ways as possible
- Build a portolio of income streams that act as a high probability “floor” of income
Paul Millerd • Designing Your Own Infinite Game In The Creator Economy - Boundless
Diversification + stability are the key attributes
A large portion of users said they would pay money for TikTok and Instagram to not exist, suggesting these products have negative utility for many people.
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
Economic Bizzaro World now in play