With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.

Sticking with my Stan Lee theme, I am using this quote as part of my discussion of Inclusive Egocentricity. After the death of Uncle Ben, Spider-man adopted his phrase and it became the foundation for using his powers to help others instead of just himself. I have already written a little bit about how the focus of decision making needs to be internal, and then radiate outward. I have also elaborated the concept of Us which then gives an interesting way of interpreting such an excellent idea as, "With great power comes great responsibility."

When looking at the levels of Us there becomes no distinct separation between self and others, since the entire world is viewed in the first person. Spider-man shifted his focus away from himself to others, but with Inclusive Egocentricity, we expend ourselves to include others. This fundamentally changes a decision making system, however the concept can still be applied. For this, I'll change the definition of power and begin to talk about resources. Resources are potential energy to be used in the satisfaction of needs starting with the hardware, and then the software. These come in many forms: calories, social and emotional energy, currency, time, and space to name a few. As individuals, we gather these resources and consume them with every action we take.

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I am extremely hungry --> I assess my food storage, choose and item, prepare it, and eat it. Then I plan to replenish the food store so that next time I am hungry I have food available. Of course there are other variables. I have to ensure that I have the currency to exchange for food which I spend calories and social energy to earn, or plan ahead and grow something of my own which then uses some space which also uses some calories, but perhaps earns some emotional energy with a sense of accomplishment. This is an example of how we are reallocating Resources in order to satisfy a basic hardware need, not only immediately but hopefully in a sustainable way.
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We need to ensure that we gather and save enough Resources to then spend or reallocate them when needed to solve our individual needs. It also becomes important to build sustainable systems that don't have too many leaks or we end up falling behind. After the individual needs are solved, we must then use those resources to assist with the needs of those within our most central level of Us. Note here that I didn't say that someone should sacrifice personal needs in order to help another, but instead sharing resources into a group of individuals for the benefit of the whole.

I mentioned that we build systems of Resource allocation in order to minimize leaks. It also becomes important to not hoard. Unused resources have just as little value as those that are wasted. Hoarding is not the same as saving. Saving is the storing of Resources for a purpose. Hoarding is stockpiling beyond one's potential needs. Such excess need to be injected into a larger system to grow the whole. So, those who have the most potential energy (of any specific type) have a responsibility to share that starting with the most central level of Us, and moving outward.

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A Billionaire should be investing money in ways that fully take advantage of the money, allowing others to benefit from it, not storing it in an inert system or one that limits the potential scope of the benefits.
Personally, I have amounts of time and physical endurance that are not already used in taking care of myself, so I use that to help my wife and kids.
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All of this comes from a self-centered mindset. In no way am I promoting pooling Resources or giving up control of them. This is about personal impact, not economic policy. I'm not a Socialist. I'm an Inclusive Egocentrist.