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Trickle - vertical, start some distance from (above) what you are trying to affect and hope it gets there
Ripple - horizontal, start on the same level as what you are trying to affect. Instant results.
Trickle - each level extracts value from the level below it in exchange for assistance (money flows down, but wealth flows up).
Ripple - value is retained in and cascades through the area.
Trickle - you (as the initiator) want to retain value as above.
Ripple - you -throw- something away from you and if the ripples reach back to you that's a bonus. (To extend the metaphor, ripples reaching the shore are wasted.)
Trickle - makes the recipient look up and reach up, but only to to catch it. Distracts.
Ripple - lifts the recipient on a wave, maybe only making life better for a short while but providing the opportunity to glimpse new horizons, and maybe jump up and catch something which was previously out of reach.
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I throw things away a lot. Since I'm a bit short on disposable income it is other stuff I have a surplus of - time, wheels, knowledge, recently pumpkins :D (and now you know how they fit in).
They cause very little ripples, but they make life better for people who are important to me and maybe to people who are important to them. And actually that has value to me.
Ripple - horizontal, start on the same level as what you are trying to affect. Instant results.
Trickle - each level extracts value from the level below it in exchange for assistance (money flows down, but wealth flows up).
Ripple - value is retained in and cascades through the area.
Trickle - you (as the initiator) want to retain value as above.
Ripple - you -throw- something away from you and if the ripples reach back to you that's a bonus. (To extend the metaphor, ripples reaching the shore are wasted.)
Trickle - makes the recipient look up and reach up, but only to to catch it. Distracts.
Ripple - lifts the recipient on a wave, maybe only making life better for a short while but providing the opportunity to glimpse new horizons, and maybe jump up and catch something which was previously out of reach.
~~~
I throw things away a lot. Since I'm a bit short on disposable income it is other stuff I have a surplus of - time, wheels, knowledge, recently pumpkins :D (and now you know how they fit in).
They cause very little ripples, but they make life better for people who are important to me and maybe to people who are important to them. And actually that has value to me.
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