Gift Economy

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I have been reading an interesting book called Sacred Economics by Charles Einstein. He makes some very interesting points about how we have been separated from our neighbors and community because of the lack of gift exchanges. Instead of having a friendly neighbor watch our kids, now we pay someone to do it. Instead of helping someone with their needs, we expect payment in return. This book helps being the idea of a gift economy to a reality, and I think I would like to contribute to the idea.

If any of you would like a gift artwork, please let me know and I will see what I can do. It may take some time since I will have to be making it during my free time away from work, but I think this could lead to something beautiful.

For information on what gift economy is:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_eco…

For more reading on the subject please read Sacred Economics:
sacred-economics.com/read-onli…
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ArtXWill's avatar
What an interesting idea.  Unfortunately, it requires a mindset that I think is missing.  There are a lot of people out there who expect something for their services while trying to get as much as they can out of others for nothing.