I don't think "creator" goes with "trader". Every creator I know enjoys having people enjoy their work, but would also like to eat. However, as soon as their basic needs are covered many prefer to give their work away because it isn't being created to make them rich, it is being created to be useful to people.
This is why open source works.
The tension, I believe, is scarcity versus sufficiency. In a scarcity society you have to horde everything. Life is a zero sum game, and you benefit most when you are better off than people around you. If you ask an MBA how they would feel if a friend bought the same car they had just bought they will tell you it cheapens their car a bit.
In a sufficiency society, we stop trying to beat the people around us and start collaborating with them, forming communities of discovery and creation. If you ask working class people how they'd feel if a friend bought the same car as them, they say it makes them feel better: now they both have great cars. People are happier, more satisfied and more contented when they feel like there is enough to go around. They are also more productive, creative and innovative. There isn't the wasted effort of geniuses stuck trying to figure out where their next meal comes from.
The rich in a scarcity society are better off (though still less happy): both because they are richer and because they are richer than people around them. Humans use comparative status, not absolute status as their measuring rod, and it's a rush to know you are more powerful than the people around you. However, in a world of nothing but scarcity life is incredibly miserable, lonely and riddled with anxiety.
This is why open source works.
The tension, I believe, is scarcity versus sufficiency. In a scarcity society you have to horde everything. Life is a zero sum game, and you benefit most when you are better off than people around you. If you ask an MBA how they would feel if a friend bought the same car they had just bought they will tell you it cheapens their car a bit. In a sufficiency society, we stop trying to beat the people around us and start collaborating with them, forming communities of discovery and creation. If you ask working class people how they'd feel if a friend bought the same car as them, they say it makes them feel better: now they both have great cars. People are happier, more satisfied and more contented when they feel like there is enough to go around. They are also more productive, creative and innovative. There isn't the wasted effort of geniuses stuck trying to figure out where their next meal comes from.
The rich in a scarcity society are better off (though still less happy): both because they are richer and because they are richer than people around them. Humans use comparative status, not absolute status as their measuring rod, and it's a rush to know you are more powerful than the people around you. However, in a world of nothing but scarcity life is incredibly miserable, lonely and riddled with anxiety.