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Lewis Hyde has made extensive studies of gift economies. He finds that "[[objects will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts.::highlight]]" A gift relationship with nature is a "formal give-and-take that acknowledges our participation in, and dependence upon, natural increase. We tend to respond to nature as a part of ourselves, not a stranger or alien available for exploitation. Gift exchange is the commerce of choice, for it is commerce that harmonizes with, or participates in, the process of [nature's] increase."
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Repair and remain. Work with what you’ve got. Sit still for a moment, take stock, make some changes.
Repair and Remain
Comment Magazine
I used to be an investment banker, and I enjoy reading profiles of successful investment bankers in part because they help me understand why I was not, myself, a successful investment banker.
Money Stuff: IRL’s Users Were Not IRL
Matt Levine
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