An insightful thread by the weird Visakan about whether capitalist economy/production is zero-sum.

I have some yet-unformed ideas related to this, about one& #39;s role in society, the meaning of life, and whether what one does is "meaningful" or "valuable". https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1280071376720719875">https://twitter.com/visakanv/...

An old thread from me, about "optics", peer pressure, and a so-called "teenage" problem of "not being liked by people": https://twitter.com/easoncxz/status/1271423676760551425">https://twitter.com/easoncxz/...

My big idea is kind of backed by my background as a full-stack software engineer: some kind of "full-stack economic production", or "full-stack chef" for a smaller-example. Trace through the entire supply chain of everything about your work and life to find meaning and assurance.

I must have been thinking about this topic when I was eating a bowl of wonton noodles in Foshan in 2017:

"The wonton noodle shop earns money by selling noodles, but needs to buy veges from the market."

"Yet the merchant selling veges sometimes would like wonton noodles too."

"So if they keep buying each other& #39;s stuff, where does the money come from? Where the the value of their work and life come from? Where does all the good materials/productions come from?"

Something about labour, land, and public resources in the world.

Oh yeah, this thread from Visakan (again! Do I ever need to QT anyone else now?) is highly-relevant to what I& #39;m talking about: https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1065496966971289600">https://twitter.com/visakanv/...