http://www.pauldwatson.com/2010/05/the-collapse-of-complex-societies-and-social-media-driven-communities/ "Just one beggar telling another where he found food." Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.pauldwatson.com/2010/05/the-collapse-of-complex-societies-and-social-media-driven-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-11414 Karen Urwin Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:26:04 +0000 http://www.pauldwatson.com/?p=409#comment-11414 Interesting! My mind was following a slightly different tack to yours, within my context as a regeneration worker. If your resources are based on physical things: money, goods, then yes, expanding through generosity is going to be finite (unless you're a billionare!) but if your resources are based on more social things, generosity of spirit, time, effort then although not limitless you can keep expanding for a good deal longer, I would guess. Interesting! My mind was following a slightly different tack to yours, within my context as a regeneration worker. If your resources are based on physical things: money, goods, then yes, expanding through generosity is going to be finite (unless you're a billionare!) but if your resources are based on more social things, generosity of spirit, time, effort then although not limitless you can keep expanding for a good deal longer, I would guess.

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