@danicaswanson
No apology necessary, Tom. You have a newborn. Anyone who knows that would expect that you'd have other priorities, and rightfully so. 😄
In any case, I can imagine why making this post public might have been a challenge. I have a bunch of writings on these topics in my files (as you know from our convos in DCs) but I've only posted a tiny fraction of them in public so far. So I'm impressed with your piece for all kinds of reasons.
I've been wanting to discuss your essay in the /gift-economics channel (and I think @abundance would like to do the same). No pressure, of course, but if you'd like to participate in that discussion also, we'll gladly schedule it at your convenience.