The trough/jungle distinction captures something real about how economic thinking colonizes all other forms of value creation. The diamond hoarding analogy works well too becuase it shows artificial scarcity as the foundation. What's clever is recognizing that stepping into the jungle means encountering both the cooperative possibilities and the darker non-monetary power dynamics. Most utopian thinking skips that second part. The collapsing of all social dynamics onto money is probly the core issue here.
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The trough/jungle distinction captures something real about how economic thinking colonizes all other forms of value creation. The diamond hoarding analogy works well too becuase it shows artificial scarcity as the foundation. What's clever is recognizing that stepping into the jungle means encountering both the cooperative possibilities and the darker non-monetary power dynamics. Most utopian thinking skips that second part. The collapsing of all social dynamics onto money is probly the core issue here.