Leo Guinan
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Leo Guinan
"There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way." - Thich Nhat Hahn
Economics of Human Energy and What we value
Happiness makes things easier
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.
Introduction to Abundant Systems
Engineering Generosity and Abundant Systems
System timelines - short-term scarcity vs long-term abundance
Friendship is a bulwark against stasis, a potential source of creativity and renewal.Practically everyone who studies friendship says this in some form or another: What makes friendship so fragile is also exactly what makes it so special. You have to continually opt in. That you choose it is what gives it its value.
Jennifer Senior • It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart
Cooperation is the winning strategy in the Great Online Game.
Packy McCormick • The Cooperation Economy 🤝
This is the key to abundant systems - it’s the optimal strategy.
For better thinking, stop thinking.
Maybe that's where the new scarcity lies - in the capacity for genuine human experience and connection.
Eli Finer • How can we value anything when an AI can do everything?
This is it exactly
I buy products based on rational understanding of their benefits and drawbacks.
Fred Kozlowski • Marketing for the Skeptical Engineer
Generosity is not a loan to repay or a debt to settle. It's a gift to appreciate. Yes, you can reciprocate a favor by paying it back. But the best way to honor an act of kindness is by paying it forward.
No, you don't owe me a favor
Forward, not back
"when the data and anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. it’s not that the data is miscollected, it’s that you’re not measuring the right thing"
Jeff Bezos on the Lex Fridman podcast