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Ideas grow by being given away

by jmarshallroberts on September 30, 2009

Material things, like money, diamonds, and fossil fuels are scarce. They derive their value from their scarcity. That is how the laws of the material social world work.

Mental things — like ideas and inspiration are abundant. They derive their value from being shared and strengthened in the minds of other people. This is how the laws of the mental world work.

The real trick for today’s aspiring capitalists is to bridge these two realms — the mental and the material–by first tapping into the limitless abundance of the mental realm, and then harnessing this enthusiasm to inspire real world monetary exchange, in a spirit of trust and generosity.

Let’s face. The days of the zero-sum, top down corporate

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