I think this should be a required school read.

It’s very short and interesting read that basically talks about:

• how putting a monetary value on things (paying for a hat) makes it less valuable than if it were gifted (aunt makes you a hat), because the gift is now linked to a person and your relationship with them.
• you have more gratitude, and end up wanting to give back (i.e. you help neighbors, they’ll end up helping you back too because now they cherish your relationship)
• there are bad actors who are selfish and exploits resources, making things worse for the rest of us (i.e. how people need buy bottled water, animals going extinct, and climate change). There are more people who are good than bad though

..and more. Makes really good discussion.

Was a thought provoking book. Good read!

I’m in the middle of chapter 4 and it’s time for me to shelf this book. It’s a hard read (literally, hard to understand). It’s like watching a slow opera, I’m consuming the content but I also feel disassociated because it feels like nothing is happening either?

I want the sparkly badge but I could not enjoy this one, onto the next story

I thought the idea of the story was interesting at first but I’m 30% of the way through and don’t have much motivation to finish it. The world feels so dreary and inhumane, I keep questioning myself like why is there a need for this? It’s a bit hard for me to tough out. Maybe the violence and cruelty is the point, but it’s just making me lose interest.