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We are not that motivated by money and reward as one used to think...

When the 'workers' in the businesses are not motivated by money, why should the businesses be? The
owners of these are people too. Yes, they 'need' money to continue to exist. But, could we think totally out
of the box for once? Could we simply abandon money all together? And start creating a truly sustainable
world where all people all over the world are motivated by this common task? I know I would be highly
motivated by this. What about you?

We all know the damage money and the 'money mindset' has done to this planet and humanity. Imagine if
we took money out of the equation and really started to share the resources and build a world that works
for everyone. There would be no more bills, banks, loans, financial crisises, corruption, unemployment,
crime, war, passports, terrorists, pollution, prostitution, hunger, poor, homeless....and the list goes on.
Money and the 'logic of money' major force behind all of this.

Up to now, money as a motivator has worked well to perform the 'mechanic' jobs that needed to be done.
Now, however, most of those jobs can be automated. And with the profit motive out of the way, we can truly
develop all good inventions to their fullest potential, and develop technology to the betterment of humanity,
rather than to maximize profits.

When people in general are not motivated by money and profits. Why, then is our world still running on it?
The answer is that we have been doing this for so long, so people have gotten so used to thinking that
money, profit, margins, loans, banks and credit is a 'natural' part of our lives. But, it is not. All of this is
artificial. The natural is our true motivations, like Dan Pink shows in his talk. I know there are several
millionaires that would also like to see a different world.

Maybe we can make it work?

http://www.theresourcebasedeconomy.com/
http://www.thevenusproject.com/
http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
Related Talks:

Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation

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