SHORTCUTS... » Altruistic Economics » Internet Gift Economy » Altruism . . . » Consumerism » Depression » Escapism » Friend2Friend » Give Away Project » Technology » Unwelcome Guests SEARCH BY KEYWORD NEW LAST MONTH »  14 Downloads Added [No new pages added] MOST POPULAR PAGES » Submit A Site (2771471) » Bot Fodder (1530794) » What is Altruism? (316347) » Homepage (240114) » Directory (211878) » Downloads (136572) » Bangla Typing (132430) » Altruistic Economics (122175) » Technology (88597) » Search Downloads (86777) » Escapism (83962) » ¿Qué es el altruismo? (79030) » Resizing Hard Disks (58759) » Idea of Altruism (53156) » Psychology (52862) » About Us (46706) » GiveAway Project (45517) » Anti-Spam (45026) SITE MAP » Page List Non-Zero Sum Economics - Rewarding Collaboration Altruistic Economics allows accurate recording of win-win (or lose-lose) interactions, since it does not enforce zero-sum interaction. Its multi-dimensional pricing system is a straightforward way to get away from Win-Lose interactions, by allowing all parties to a transaction to independently record their feelings about what goes on: For example, consider the following set of transactions between Aysha, Birbal & Chris: Description Aysha Birbal Chris A+B+C A and B have an enjoyable game of badminton win-win +1h +2h   +3h B gives C a lift in to work lose-win   -1/2 +1h +1/2h C spends a frustrating 2 hours helping B fail to fix his Computer lose-lose   -2h -2h -4h C enjoys looking after A's daughter for 2 hours win-win +2h   +1h +3h A fixes B's Computer in 1/2 hour lose-win -1/2h +6h   +51/2h B lends C a video neutral-win   0 +2h +2h Net Balances after these transactions: A: +21/2h B: +51/2h C: +2h Total Balances, A+B+C: +10h > 0

Aysha, Birbal & Chris self-report their feelings about the transactions. How they feel is more important than what goes on. For example:

• 1. A & B spend the same amount of time playing badminton, but B feels he enjoyed it more.
• 2. B has negligible inconvenience from lending C a video, so he scores it as zero. C enjoyed it, so he scores it as a positive. So this transaction is just a straight 'Win'.
• 3. C looks after A's daughter, so in normal economics, he is judged as a 'loser' (and compensated with money for being so).
  However, since he enjoys doing this, he scores it as a positive. Why not?

Human interaction is not a zero-sum game, and to rid ourselves of a short-sighted,
money-obsessed view of what constitutes 'profitable' activity. We need an alternative system of economics that reflects this!

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