Egocentric Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private or corporate 📝ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by 📝competition in a free market.
Under this model, nonliving capital assets (money) are valued above living assets (people and Nature). The organizing metaphor is "organization-as-machine" — optimized for extraction, efficiency, and short-term shareholder returns at the expense of the commons.
The departure from this paradigm toward life-first thinking is 📝Ecocentric Capitalism. The tension between the two is framed as 📝Eco > Ego — a transition from bottom-line thinking to 📝Living Asset Stewardship (LAS).
Reflections
"Today, in most social systems, we collectively produce results that no one wants. These results show up in the form of environmental, social, and cultural destruction." ~ Otto Scharmer