[[Knowledge commoner]] > [[Knowledge worker]]
Last [[node club]] of 2021! I am going to look at [[gift economy]]. (I was originally going to look at [[totalitarianism]] as I’m reading [[V for Vendetta]] but this feels a bit more festive). I am interested how gift economies relate to / differ from [[mutual aid]] and [[commoning]].
Reading [[V for Vendetta]]
[[Gift economy]]
Giving lives in a domain ranging from deep symbolism to basic housekeeping. It is the currency of the small-scale resilient community. It is sometimes magic, in that some kinds of gift can be given over and over again without lossβlove, for example, and (in a different sense, since time cannot really be replenished) the gift of reciprocal service to each other. The βreciprocalβ part happens, but not by arrangement. This is the opposite of transparency: you cast your gift upon the waters, and what comes back is trust.
β [[Lean Logic]], Gifts
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[[Joseph Beuys]]
Listening: [[PALACES FOR THE PEOPLE: the future of public libraries]]
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