Douglas Rushkoff writes a fascinating, and dare I say, important essay titled, Economics Is Not a Natural Science.
The marketplace in which most commerce takes place today is not a pre-existing condition of the universe. It’s not nature. It’s a game, with very particular rules, set in motion by real people with real purposes. That’s why it’s so amazing to me that scientists, and people calling themselves scientists, would propose to study the market as if it were some natural system — like the weather, or a coral reef.
Couple this stuff with Justin Fox’s recent, The Myth of the Rational Market, and you can join our EconoGeek Club.
But what does this have to do with spirituality, you ask? Everything. Looking at the footprints left by the Market’s random walk, and imbuing them God-like meaning can get in our way. The same thing applies when we attach to any of our traditions, making them special, or superior.
Our freedom arises out of our ability to let go of what we think we know.
