Interesting post....made me be more contemplative than many other posts have. I suppose it was a lot easier back in the days when people used to live with their extended relatives and you always (or often) had that extended family to help look after the children. People who have relatives that live nearby still do have that to some extent, of course, which helps a lot with the whole cost of childcare thing.
It's interesting this whole concept of a resource based economy. I still haven't completely wrapped my head around that to be honest. The idealist in me wants to think/hope that something like that could work in real life. There's also a part of me that thinks about how a system like that might potentially be vulnerable to corruption too.
I've believed for a while that one of the greatest drawbacks in our world is the greed, etc. within humans and that it often seems to find a way to infiltrate systems that are setup, even the systems with the noblest intentions at heart.
I don't know, maybe I'm just a bit cynical from time to time. I think it's really good that you're thinking about that kind of thing though. It takes great thinkers to really be able to make positive change in the world....so kudos to you!
Hi, thanks for the comment.
Like they say. It takes whole village to raise the child.
Greed is not innate. It is conditioned behaviour by the environment. Same as jealousy, compassion, altruism, prejudice, aggression, etc.
All systems up to now have had greed because, they have been designed around money (or barter) with scarcity.
I recommend the book (e-book for example) "The Best That Money Can't Buy" by The Venus Project. Although you can probably download older, shorter versions for free around.
Or check up @thevenusproject blog