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Trade is not swapping fixed value objects
TODO: find a good definition for what trade IS, then rename this post. 💬 the classic cognitive error of imagining that trade is about swapping fixed-value objects, rather than creating new value from a confluence of one’s needs and the other’s affordances. It’s only in the imaginary zero-sum world that you can generally replace trade with stealing the other party’s stuff, if the other party is weak enough. Katja Grace…