Not surprising, really; getting something for nothing is amazing, but giving something for nothing?
Both are expressions of faith in the future, and both give something for nothing.
If and when a mutation arises that stops them giving something for nothing, it should spread rapidly.
At the most recent meeting of the She Owns It business group, we discussed pricing a new product or service, the dangers of giving something for nothing, and the reasons customers may prefer that you raise your prices.
Rich countries repeatedly made it clear that they were not giving something for nothing, despite the fact that this was supposed to be a development round, or as Pascal Lamy once called it, a "round for free" for the poorest countries.
"It's amazing to see how many people will give something for nothing, for a very small meal and a uniform they'll probably never wear again," she said.
The answer lies in the hugely popular freemium business model, illustrated in Chris Anderson's seminal 2010 book Free: How Today's Smartest Businesses Profit by Giving Something for Nothing.
Free: How today's smartest businesses profit by giving something for nothing.
The facts are stereotypes of race and class and culture — much more than John Ahearn's statues were stereotypes — which is why people who thought the statues should stay worry about what it means about "stereotypes" when poor people give something away for nothing in return.
