Sharing is (Radical) Caring

[Coronavirus - VI]

GDP may measure the health (i.e. growth) of the economy, but it has virtually no bearing on the health of the relationships in our neighborhoods. Yes, one could draw a line between the national economy and individual well being, individual well being and quality of life, and quality of life and the health of our communities. (Blah. It’s just not convincing anymore.)

A more effective measurement for healthy communities is the "inversion of capitalism". Not GDP but GDS (gross domestic sharing).

Every time we share instead of buy, we make an investment into our relationship with our neighbor, and directly into the health of our community as a whole. Sharing not only saves time and money, it chips away at the idea that everyone is a pillar of independence—an idea that hurts us in times like these.

Share knowledge.
Share tools.
Share food.
Share land.
Share toys.

Drip, drip, drip. Each time we share, one piece of the facade that says never-ending consumption and independence are American virtues falls away .

People like us, in times like these, realize that sharing (not hoarding) is radical caring.