Without a specific reason for the consumer to behave, without a reward or benefit, the overwhelmed consumer will refuse,

One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.

The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.

...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.