Covid-19 is revealing some uncomfortable truths to us.
We have built an incredibly fragile economy based on things of fleeting and peripheral value.
What is left of any value when we have consumed:
The £3 coffee that contains around twenty five pence worth of coffee?
The £3,000 holiday that we spent checking our phones and worrying about what was happening whilst we were away?
The initial ego satisfaction of the expensive car in the drive that is costing us a fortune in running costs and depreciation?
The expensive gym membership that we use to substitute for real exercise, for free, outdoors?
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Each of us has a unique ability to add value to other people's lives. We might be a teacher, a doctor, a nurse, an engineer, an architect, a careworker, or a variety of other roles that make the world a better place for others. People in the generative economy.
Then, th…
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