Esther Dyson
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And in the same way in the communities, it's not that you need this program or that program or you need a certain kind of city government. You need people to be fulfilled, to work. You need social fabric more than you need social architecture. You need a 501c3 and then a food bank and... You need a social fabric where people collaborate and build stuff and interact effectively.
And in the same way in the communities, it's not that you need this program or that program or you need a certain kind of city government. You need people to be fulfilled, to work. You need social fabric more than you need social architecture. You need a 501c3 and then a food bank and... You need a social fabric where people collaborate and build stuff and interact effectively.
And in the same way in the communities, it's not that you need this program or that program or you need a certain kind of city government. You need people to be fulfilled, to work. You need social fabric more than you need social architecture. You need a 501c3 and then a food bank and... You need a social fabric where people collaborate and build stuff and interact effectively.
And so how do you do the work? You ask people questions. You suggest maybe you could work with this outfit instead of collaborate with it. If you need money, we'll try and help you figure out how to raise it. But we didn't walk in with money and bribe people to do things we thought they should do. We walked in with questions and advice and connections.
And so how do you do the work? You ask people questions. You suggest maybe you could work with this outfit instead of collaborate with it. If you need money, we'll try and help you figure out how to raise it. But we didn't walk in with money and bribe people to do things we thought they should do. We walked in with questions and advice and connections.
And so how do you do the work? You ask people questions. You suggest maybe you could work with this outfit instead of collaborate with it. If you need money, we'll try and help you figure out how to raise it. But we didn't walk in with money and bribe people to do things we thought they should do. We walked in with questions and advice and connections.
And there's totally no business model to this, unfortunately. But the big business model is government invests in child care, in education, in supporting parents. And they raise the minimum wage for it. People doing those jobs and the way we flourish economically is we have the computers do the unhuman stuff, the paperwork.
And there's totally no business model to this, unfortunately. But the big business model is government invests in child care, in education, in supporting parents. And they raise the minimum wage for it. People doing those jobs and the way we flourish economically is we have the computers do the unhuman stuff, the paperwork.
And there's totally no business model to this, unfortunately. But the big business model is government invests in child care, in education, in supporting parents. And they raise the minimum wage for it. People doing those jobs and the way we flourish economically is we have the computers do the unhuman stuff, the paperwork.
And some paperwork, like insurance denials, maybe we no longer need that paperwork.
And some paperwork, like insurance denials, maybe we no longer need that paperwork.
And some paperwork, like insurance denials, maybe we no longer need that paperwork.
Yeah, you need to find people's intrinsic motivation, whether it's your babies or your workers, and get them excited about doing the work, not about So my favorite story is Little Old Man. You may have to cut this because it's too long. These people move in and the kids run around playing and screaming at each other, just the way we described how wonderful it is.
Yeah, you need to find people's intrinsic motivation, whether it's your babies or your workers, and get them excited about doing the work, not about So my favorite story is Little Old Man. You may have to cut this because it's too long. These people move in and the kids run around playing and screaming at each other, just the way we described how wonderful it is.
Yeah, you need to find people's intrinsic motivation, whether it's your babies or your workers, and get them excited about doing the work, not about So my favorite story is Little Old Man. You may have to cut this because it's too long. These people move in and the kids run around playing and screaming at each other, just the way we described how wonderful it is.
But he's a nasty little old man and these kids really annoy him. So he goes out and he says to the kids, oh, I love your playful, cheerful noises you sing in the garden. And here's $20 for ice cream. Please keep doing this. So they go out and buy the ice cream and they come back and they scream a lot more. And he comes out and gives them $10. And they look at the money and they say, only $10?
But he's a nasty little old man and these kids really annoy him. So he goes out and he says to the kids, oh, I love your playful, cheerful noises you sing in the garden. And here's $20 for ice cream. Please keep doing this. So they go out and buy the ice cream and they come back and they scream a lot more. And he comes out and gives them $10. And they look at the money and they say, only $10?
But he's a nasty little old man and these kids really annoy him. So he goes out and he says to the kids, oh, I love your playful, cheerful noises you sing in the garden. And here's $20 for ice cream. Please keep doing this. So they go out and buy the ice cream and they come back and they scream a lot more. And he comes out and gives them $10. And they look at the money and they say, only $10?
He says, well, we can't afford this every day. And then he stops paying them at all. And they go indoors and they make no more noise. You can destroy people's motivation by just paying them to do stuff so that they lose their intrinsic love for it.
He says, well, we can't afford this every day. And then he stops paying them at all. And they go indoors and they make no more noise. You can destroy people's motivation by just paying them to do stuff so that they lose their intrinsic love for it.