{"id":583,"date":"2025-08-12T15:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/?p=583"},"modified":"2026-03-29T14:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:17:41","slug":"the-care-economy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/12\/the-care-economy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"the care economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/give-to-ryk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">give<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The care economy is an emerging model for supporting people, things, and processes we\u2019d like to see more of in the world.<\/strong>&nbsp;It is about recognizing the things in our experience that bring us joy, that give us a [wow] or a [yes], and responding to these moments in a supportive way. It\u2019s actually just, well, practicing care, and that\u2019s not new at all. 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