Self-Interest can be good thing or a bad thing. For example, my band can connect with people and make then have a good time through our songs. We do our music out of self interest and people enjoy it with us. Though sometimes you do something and people won't like it. Let's say you want to start a trend of people wearing orange pants with you underwear on the outside. Not very attractive right? People are most likely not going to like it and slap you down. That was a very dramatic example of the "Invisible Hand." That term was made by a 1700s philosopher named Adam Smith. The "Invisible Hand" basically means that sometimes people will like something you do or they won't like it and beat you up. The invisible hand is basically "The People." The invisible hand will either give a high five or slap you in the face. Which brings us back to self-interest which is how everything started. Coca-Cola started because a person wanted to make an awesome drink out of self-interest and people liked it! Invisible hand high five! Then there's this really bad invention that a person made out of self-interest. And guess what? No one liked it and the guy got an invisible slap to the face! It's called the invisible hand because you don't know what it's going to do! All you can do is try at something that you like doing or have a problem. Do something about it and either the invisible hand will like it or it will slap you. That's part of life. Comment what you think about this.
-Scotty Wilmer
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