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David Graeber lays bare one of the key myths of economists, i.e. that money followed and simplified barter, while the historical and anthropological evidence shows the opposite: How Barter Followed and Did Not Precede the Creation of Money David Graeber: On the Invention of Money – Notes on Sex, Adventure, Monomaniacal Sociopathy and the True Function of Economics A newspaper illustration depicting a man engaging in barter, paying his yearly newspaper subscription to the "Podunk Weekly Bugle" with various farm produce

Kanskje kan ledelse vise seg å være en illusjon på linje med synet av regnbuen eller vårt inntrykk av at jorda er flat, utfordrer han. -  Jan Ketil Arnulf Dette var meget godt sagt! Jeg kan anbefale boka The Leaderless Revolution av Carne Ross:  http://theleaderlessrevolution.com/ All denne ledelsen har ført samfunnet helt galt av sted. Ikke minst gjelder dette innen organiseringen av våre omgivelser, hvor en rekke "ledere", jeg vil heller kalle dem villedere, nitidig planlegger våre gater og byer. Naturen er ikke slik, naturen skaper seg selv ut fra selvorganisering:  http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20111101/frontiers-of-design-science

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A very odd article in Science Daily that seems at odd with the "handicap principle": Parks and Stone found that unselfish colleagues come to be resented because they "raise the bar" for what is expected of everyone. As a result, workers feel the new standard will make everyone else look bad.  It doesn't matter that the overall welfare of the group or the task at hand is better served by someone's unselfish behavior, Parks said.  "What is objectively good, you see as subjectively bad," he said. Strange, people really prefer selfish people, to feel better themselves. Now I understand better why the Polish men at work wanted me gone. -  Do-Gooders Get Voted Off Island First: People Don't Really Like Unselfish Colleagues, Psychologists Find