User:Spreadsheet Nerd
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I recently read The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer, and this quote near the end resonated:
I cherish the notion of the gift economy, that we might back away from the grinding system, which reduces everything to a commodity and leaves most of us bereft of what we really want: a sense of belonging and relationship and purpose and beauty, which can never be commoditized. I want to be part of a system in which wealth means having enough to share, and where the gratification of meeting your family needs is not poisoned by destroying that possibility for someone else. I want to live in a society where the currency of exchange is gratitude and the infinitely renewable resource of kindness, which multiplies every time it is shared rather than depreciating with use.[1]
And I realized: Wikipedia itself is an example of a gift economy. That was the catalyst that led me to create an account and contribute to the editing efforts here.
Qualifications
For nearly 30 years, I've worked as a writer and editor in the corporate world and for small businesses. I was also a volunteer editor at DMOZ for many years before AOL closed it.