Gifting is, well, complicated
Is it actually possible to give a truly selfless gift? Anthropologist David Graeber says it’s not only impossible, the entire idea of a “free gift” is nothing but a construct born in opposition to impersonal market economies. In other words, it’s you know, complicated.
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