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Sometimes I suspect we only buy 3 things above basic necessities: The rich mostly buy the belief that the world makes sense The middle class mostly buys procedural illusions of agency The poor mostly buy pain relief Belief pills, agency pills, pain pills
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We’ll also pay to be told that the pills we’ve bought are fake, thereby restarting the demand cycle for genuine pills
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This is why I naturally prefer ways of making money that feel a bit sketchy, where perfect illusions of value creation are hard to sustain. If you’re 100% convinced what you’re doing Creates Value™ it’s 100% illusion.
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Sounds like you are leaning towards service dominant logic? Where a single entity does not create value. Value is created in the exchange.
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Love you latest line of thought. Only job where there is a great sense of agency with uncertainty of value is farming.