Preston MacDougall<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> and the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Birdsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birdsite</span></a> nicely serve as manifestations of two diametrically opposed outlooks on life:</p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> represents the ‘<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AbundanceMentality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbundanceMentality</span></a> ‘, where your gain is not my loss and the whole can be greater than the sum of the parts.</p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Birdsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birdsite</span></a> represents the ‘<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ZeroSumGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroSumGame</span></a> ‘ outlook on life, where everything is a crude transaction. You win, I lose, or vice versa. For example, that’s why <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTheDeplorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTheDeplorable</span></a> can’t be on the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BirdSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdSite</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TruthSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TruthSocial</span></a> at the same time. 😂</p>