Comments for InnovationBlog http://innovationblog.co.uk/discourse A discourse on things relevant to INNOVATION, INVESTMENT and the ENVIRONMENT Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:04:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 Comment on The Low Energy High Happiness Society ? by Vihung Marathe http://innovationblog.co.uk/discourse/?p=22#comment-21 Vihung Marathe Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:55:18 +0000 http://innovationblog.co.uk/discourse/?p=22#comment-21 SharerVille communities are good for the average person with average needs and average ambitions. Not so good for the destitute - there is no incentive to do better, and not so good for the ambitious - no opportunities to do better. The things about free market capitalism is that it gives free rein to the ambitious. However, all-pervasive free market capitalism forces everyone to think they need to be ambitious because everything is measured in terms of growth - individuals, companies, GDP. SharerVille communities are good for the average person with average needs and average ambitions. Not so good for the destitute - there is no incentive to do better, and not so good for the ambitious - no opportunities to do better.

The things about free market capitalism is that it gives free rein to the ambitious. However, all-pervasive free market capitalism forces everyone to think they need to be ambitious because everything is measured in terms of growth - individuals, companies, GDP.

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