Gratitude is not a good mental state for creativity
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Proposition: equality and gratitude cannot coexist in the absence of religion
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Proposition 2: gratitude is the primary guardian virtue and trader vice. Freedom is the primary trader virtue and guardian vice.
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depends how you define gratitude. in repeated games, reciprocity works. smart long-term traders remember their friends.
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...thinking particularly of the felt emotion in a relationship where you've just received a favor beyond your capacity to return
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fair enough. difference between surface action and underlying motivator.

