What is a Taker? A Taker is a culture that thrives on an excessive
amount of resources—much like how most humans are living today. What is a
Leaver? A Leaver is a culture that thrives on a reasonable amount of resources—much
like how most humans used to live, ten thousand years ago. Therefore, I ponder
upon this statement: Takers accumulate
knowledge from what works well for things, Leavers accumulate knowledge from
what works well for people.
Since Takers accumulate knowledge from what works well for
things, I believe that the Taker way is for improvement. To the Taker people,
what has worked well in the past, must be altered in the present, and will be
working better in the future. In the mindset of the Taker people, if something is working but not good enough, find a way to fix it.
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| Taker |
As for Leavers who accumulate knowledge from what works well
for people, I believe that the Taker way is for maintenance. To the Leaver
people, what has worked well in the past, must be practiced in the present, and
will be successful in the future. In the mindset of the Leaver people, if it is
not broken, it does not need fixing.
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| Leaver |
On the note of improvement versus maintenance, which is the better way to live? Is there even a better choice? Which way will benefit
mankind the most? Daniel Quinn (1992) the author of Ishmael, clearly states the answer to the preceding questions, “There
is no one right way to live (p. 60).”
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