Philosophy World

When Your Brother Gains

what happens when your brother gains?

 

what happens when your brother gains?

do you lose?

do you gain?

 

obviously you don’t lose

not necessarily

why would you lose?

some things are scarce

infinitely many things are not scarce, are abundant, are emerging

 

do you gain when your brother gains?

what happens when your brother wins?

is it conceivable that your brother should gain more then he could use?

what happens to that which he had gained, which he had not used?

 

what happens to that which he had gained, which he had not used?

obviously it is redistributed, now or tomorrow, anyway

who gains from that redistribution?

you do

they do

we do

 

you don’t want your brother to lose

you want loser to lose, yes; you want the troublemaker to lose

but you don’t want your brother to lose; you want to make him win

you want your brother to win

your brother wins — you win

your brother wins — you win

this is how it works

 

how does it work in practice?

obviously innovation serves everyone

what about happiness?

is happiness zero sum?

can happiness be shared?

can happiness NOT be shared?

is your happiness diminished by the presence of someone?

can someone steal your happiness?

can you truly be happy, and have it stolen from you?

 

you want your brother to win

you want your brother to innovate

you want your brother to be happy

for yourself

for the world

for your brother

it’s as simple as that

 

there is no scenario in which you want your brother to lose

there is only one direction — up and that’s where you want to be going… ALL of you want to be going

find those that do — and go with them

take everyone else with you, if you can

you want your brother to win

you all win

 

you don’t want a fraud to win

but don’t worry — frauds can’t win

to be a fraud is to lose

help the fraud by bringing him to the truth

tell him he doesn’t have to cheat people out of value — he can bring about new value

and then he does

and you all gain

there is no scenario in which you want your brother to lose

 

it saddens me when i see all this resentment

don’t you see you gain from their gain?

don’t you see you waste energy putting others down — rather then bringing yourself up?

don’t you see you could all work together and fly?

what’s wrong

 

please relax

take care of yourself

then others

when your brother gains — you gain

don’t let anyone tell you otherwise

don’t waste any energy over any other unproductive, critical perspective

bring others up to go up

that’s all you should worry about

bring others up every day

people you work with people you meet people you live with people you’ve no business with

bring everyone up

and you go up

and it’s just the truth of it