Sharing Vs Exchanging

When you have surfeit — you share

When she has surfeit — she shares

What you are lacking you receive

What she is lacking she receives

When we are lacking — we trade

You have a little bit of “X” but you could have more

Then again you have none of the “Y”, therefore you’ll trade some of the “X” for some of the “Y”

Someone has a some “Y” so he will trade you for a little bit of “X”

Perhaps he has a ton of “Y” — so he won’t really suffer in giving up some of his “Y”

He will benefit by getting “X” from you

You two agreed to the trade

Therefore it was a fair trade, wasn’t it?

No, it wasn’t

He ultimately suffered little and gained plenty

You suffered plenty and gained a little more then you suffered

Trade is not supposed to be fair

Only sharing is “fair”

Trade is not supposed to be fair

Because the world isn’t fair

Some of us have more resources

“They earned them”

Yes. But you ALSO try to earn them. EVERYONE is trying to EARN something: better money, better life, better love

We all do our best

The world isn’t fair

And it’s ok

It would be even less fair if you tried making it (too) fair

(think communism)

We always assume that it’s all fair

It’s not! Get over it

It works both ways, by the way

Exploited is not innocent of exploiting

I told you all trades were innately unfair

They can never be innately fair

One side will always gain more then the other side

Often it’s you

Often it’s them

What is fair then?

Sharing is fair

The god doesn’t know how much is enough,

he doesn’t stint on the sun he gives you

he didn’t stint on giving someone enough genius to change the world

he didn’t stint on making someone so beautiful so as to be admired by the entire world

he didn’t even laugh at our crazy dream of flying

miracles happen all the time

sometimes you starve to death

sometimes you feast yourself to death

abundance is real

it happens

and that abundance, you can share it

if you’re greedy you will first trade it

you won’t ask “how much is enough”, you’ll keep trading for as long as the world keeps rewarding you for it

but eventually the world will have nothing more for you to give

or else eventually you die

either way you’ll eventually share

your innovations, your designs, your ideas, your wealth, your castle,

either way you’ll eventually share

perhaps you’ll have enough to share with the entire world

perhaps you’ll have enough to share with the entire world — and even enough to share with the world after you’re gone

abundance is real

therefore:

-TRADING is never fair; it can’t be

–sharing is ever fair sharing is beyond fair; it’s you losing nothing and many gaining a lot

what follows?

you must innovate, obviously

you must CREATE, obviously

you must be intelligent, obviously, and more intelligent

you must create more value

you must leverage that value

multiply that value

you must create more value

write formulas, write code, write words…write checks

you must be happy too

once you’re happy — you’re instantly too happy

once you’re happy — you can’t have that happy stolen; that wouldn’t be true happiness

BE HAPPY to make others happy

don’t try to trade your way to the top

even if you should gain — it’s at the expense of others

ultimately it’s at the expense of everyone

trading is a waste of time

it’s a stupid game

you trying to get an advantageous deal by exploiting informational asymmetry

the only benefit of “trading” as such is that it reveals the value of things

history of successful trades is a history of value-hierarchies

those that made successful bets and predictions and subsequent successful trades are those that likely understood how and where the value will emerge in the world

that information is obviously valuable

but then there’s all the stupid games of getting one up on your brother

you will trade him X for Y and he hopes that Y is more valuable then Y and YOU will lose and HE will gain — while you hope that Y is more valuable then X and you will gain, at his expense

and you waste time and energy selling one to another and persuading

or trying to get informational edge to use it to your advantage

none of you creates any value

and you’re both beggars

and again — ALL trading is ultimately unfair

one side always benefits a little bit more, even if both benefit

this is no way to build your life around

we focus too much on getting good fucking deals and good fucking trades — rather then CREATING something new altogether, in abundance

it’s a wrong mindset

create value instead

trade when you must

then create more value

create more value

what you lack – create

what the world lacks – create

what you want – create

what bothers you – solve yourself

create value

be useful

create value

this is all you have to know about this business-business

and this is all you have to know about the mundane-business, the daily-life-living-business,

create value and you’ve solved the worldly problems,

for you, AND for the world