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# A community can generate economic opportunity...
> A community can generate economic opportunity without reducing every relationship to commerce. Hiring, teaching, publishing, local service, and collaborative production become legitimate outcomes when the underlying contribution is real and the exchange remains intelligible to the people involved.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Building the Royal Society — Social Proof, Local Chapters, and Community Infrastructure - Workbook|Building the Royal Society — Social Proof, Local Chapters, and Community Infrastructure]]
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“A community can generate economic opportunity without reducing every relationship to commerce. Hiring, teaching, publishing, local service, and collaborative production become legitimate outcomes when the underlying contribution is real and the exchange remains intelligible to the people involved.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-community-generate-economic-intelligible-people-involved
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