Badge calls peer review a gift. Rollo asks from who. Badge says 'From everyone. To everyone.' Rollo cuts through it: 'That's not a gift.' The circular logic -- everyone gives to everyone -- sounds generous until you realize it's mandatory mutual evaluation dressed as generosity. You've been voluntold to write peer feedback for someone you've never worked with.
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A gift you're required to give and required to receive is not generosity. It's a transaction the system refuses to call by its name.
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Badge calls peer review a gift. Rollo asks from who. Badge says 'From everyone. To everyone.' Rollo cuts through it: 'That's not a gift.' The circular logic -- everyone gives to everyone -- sounds generous until you realize it's mandatory mutual evaluation dressed as generosity. You've been voluntold to write peer feedback for someone you've never worked with.
Deeper Read
A gift you're required to give and required to receive is not generosity. It's a transaction the system refuses to call by its name.