Tuesday, February 18, 2020
This Could Be Our Future by Yancey Strickler
THIS
COULD BE OUR FUTURE by Yancey Strickler, co-founder and former CEO of
Kickstarter, is intended to be “A Manifesto for a More Generous World.” As such, Strickler discusses how we have come
to value financial maximization and how the solution is not to get rid of
money, but to expand our concept of value. He argues that “our potential for a
more generous, moral, or fair society is limited by the dominance of money as
the be-all and end-all.” I know that students (and teachers) would be intrigued
by this book, particularly those who are increasingly alarmed by our
environmental situation, as well as the corruption and inequality that they
perceive to be a result of our self-interest and materialistic lifestyle. As
the publisher says, this book “is about how we got here [Part One], and how we
change course [Part Two]. That later section is particularly fascinating,
beginning with a brief overview of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and moving to an
exploration of graphs of self-interest vs. time; a concept that Strickler
refers to as Bentoism. He introduces several scenarios and looks at the values
associated with quadrants corresponding to Now Me, Future Me, Now Us and Future
Us. There is an appendix with suggested reading, a comprehensive set of notes,
and a useful index. THIS
COULD BE OUR FUTURE seems like a must read book with positive blurbs
from thought leaders including Seth Godin, Adam Grant, Simon Sinek, and Daniel
Pink.
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