There's a fundamental unsolved (or, poorly solved, or, we don't like the solution enough) civilizational problem: I have a new society. Where do I put it?
And a longer comment:
I read at thing that suggested that companies with "noble purpose" make hand over fist more money than companies with a sole profit motive.
One way to take this is that, by operating under different goals, you become unpredictable to the established power, and the "OODA loop" concept teaches us that's a solid way to win. Arguably, against a better positioned opponent who can absorb you, playing by different rules is the only way to win.
Another way to take this is to pull the idea that "money" is only a measurement of "debt", and is thus inherently unsustainable because it measures a non-finite thing in a world of finite things. And so if you make decisions by maximizing an unsustainable sense of depletion, it stands to reason you'll end up making a depleted place.
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Of course, you can also read all this as "convincing you not to play our game, so we don't have to compete with you"... akin to "stability is good because I'm on top!"... but that just goes back to "need to play by different rules if I'm to win".
There's a fundamental unsolved (or, poorly solved, or, we don't like the solution enough) civilizational problem: I have a new society. Where do I put it?
And a longer comment:
I read at thing that suggested that companies with "noble purpose" make hand over fist more money than companies with a sole profit motive.
One way to take this is that, by operating under different goals, you become unpredictable to the established power, and the "OODA loop" concept teaches us that's a solid way to win. Arguably, against a better positioned opponent who can absorb you, playing by different rules is the only way to win.
Another way to take this is to pull the idea that "money" is only a measurement of "debt", and is thus inherently unsustainable because it measures a non-finite thing in a world of finite things. And so if you make decisions by maximizing an unsustainable sense of depletion, it stands to reason you'll end up making a depleted place.
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Of course, you can also read all this as "convincing you not to play our game, so we don't have to compete with you"... akin to "stability is good because I'm on top!"... but that just goes back to "need to play by different rules if I'm to win".