![]() ![]() Whether it can is a topic I’ll return to in the last chapter. ![]() The system we have evolved critically relies on people continually wanting new cars and new cell phones, new widgets and gadgets, new clothes and new washing machines, new thrills, new entertainment, and pretty much new everything, even when they already have enough of “everything.” It may not be a pretty picture and it doesn’t work for everyone, but so far, it’s worked remarkably well for most of us, and apparently most of us seem to want it to continue. Nevertheless, it seems that without the motive of self-interest our entrepreneurial free market economy would collapse. The struggle and tension between unbridled individual self-enhancement and the care and concern for the less fortunate has been a major thread running throughout human history, especially over the past two hundred years. ![]() Hunter-gatherers were significantly less hierarchical, more egalitarian and community oriented than we are. ![]() Our present social network structures barely existed in their present form until urban communities evolved. Geoffrey West Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies Paperback by Geoffrey West (Author) 1,144 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 27.99 29 Used from 6.68 2 New from 69. “With the invention of the city and its powerful combination of economies of scale coupled to innovation and wealth creation came the great divisions of society. ![]()
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