“The classical economists would regard (collaborative and freely sharing) economic arrangements as inimical to human nature and doomed to fail for the simple reason that human beings are primarily selfish, competitive, and predatory… These misgivings seem to have had little impact. Today, hundreds of millions of young people are actively engaged in distributed and collaborative social networks on the Internet, willingly giving their own time and expertise, mostly for free, to advance the good of others. Why do they do it? .... For the sheer joy of sharing their lives with other in the belief that contributing to the well-being of the whole does not in any way diminish whats theirs but rather, increases their own well-being manifold. >
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:16:20 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015