Thank you for this brilliant interview. I feel that I am a giver too and I try to give as much as I can. Unfortunately we live in an economy that favours the takers. If it isn't a quid-pro-quo relationship the deal doesn't go through. I find it quite challenging to live in a takers economy.
I love the concept of paying it forward, because the emphasis first is on giving and then as Nipun says there is serial reciprocity until the circle closes and one gets back from the initial giving. One great idea to scaling this process is the Datti Coin www.datti.org. It is an amazing project to keep the giving moving forward which is similar to Service Space's Smile Cards which are brilliant.
I hope that there is a way to spread the gift ecology so we have more friends in it. It is true that friends are really important in validating our feelings in the gift ecology as there are a lot of naysayers that prefer the takers economy and would prefer to discourage the gift ecology.
On Jul 5, 2019 Hanna Bawab wrote:
Thank you for this brilliant interview. I feel that I am a giver too and I try to give as much as I can. Unfortunately we live in an economy that favours the takers. If it isn't a quid-pro-quo relationship the deal doesn't go through. I find it quite challenging to live in a takers economy.
I love the concept of paying it forward, because the emphasis first is on giving and then as Nipun says there is serial reciprocity until the circle closes and one gets back from the initial giving. One great idea to scaling this process is the Datti Coin www.datti.org. It is an amazing project to keep the giving moving forward which is similar to Service Space's Smile Cards which are brilliant.
I hope that there is a way to spread the gift ecology so we have more friends in it. It is true that friends are really important in validating our feelings in the gift ecology as there are a lot of naysayers that prefer the takers economy and would prefer to discourage the gift ecology.
How can we immerse ourselves in the gift ecology?