The Power of Constraints – Conversations with Vitaliy – Ep 27

Our society looks at abundance only from a positive perspective; however, it also has a very dark side. If scarcity is a disease that inflicts people in socialist countries, overabundance is a sickness prevalent in capitalist ones. 📩 Join...

Our society looks at abundance only from a positive perspective; however, it also has a very dark side. If scarcity is a disease that inflicts people in socialist countries, overabundance is a sickness prevalent in capitalist ones.

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