Last week Eli came home from school with a large plastic helicopter. “Where did you get that?” Misty asked him.<\/p>\n
“Oh, I got one of my friends to trade it to me.”<\/p>\n
She paused. “What did you trade him?”<\/p>\n
“This two-page comic I made in school. It had two robots and they were fighting.”<\/p>\n
We explained to him that, while we were proud of his ability to make such a trade, his friend might later regret it and that he should offer to give back the helicopter. We’ve now ruined his ability to go into sales when he’s older.<\/p>\n
On the plus side, he’s re-invented micropayments using the barter system. I can’t wait until he becomes a web cartoonist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week Eli came home from school with a large plastic helicopter. “Where did you get that?” Misty asked him. “Oh, I got one of my friends to trade it to me.” She paused. “What did you trade him?” “This two-page comic I made in school. It had two robots and they were fighting.” We … Continue reading Also I Soon Expect Him to Have Followers<\/span>