GREED IS GOOD, IS IT?

Thomasalwa Edison was trying to make an electric light source. He tried a thousand materials to act as a filament in the bulb. He tried Aluminium, gold, carbon fibre and even hair. On sending Electric current, the filament should be instantly heated up and emit light somewhat similar to day-light and should not melt. At last, he found 'Tungsten'. So he invented the world's first incandescent (Non-smoking) lamp. It lighted up our nights for 100 years. But now we have moved to LED lights.
Why Edison struggled to invent the electric bulb, for fame, for money, or for soul-satisfaction.
Whatever may be the selfish or selfless motive, it has benefited humanity for a number of years.

Today, New smartphones arrive every now then. The companies or corporates want to get a big share of the market and mint money. But, we get phones that are cheaper, smarter. We get benefits and goodies because of their Greed.
Why the "food-delivery apps" is able to deliver food at our door-steps without much extra cost. They even give offers, cash-back. Quick delivery is their mantra(but riders' safety is important). Are they doing us a favour? When we dig deeper, we get hidden trade secrets.
1. When you go and sit in a restaurant, they have to switch on the fans, the lights and the AC - electric charges.
2. More people require more waiters.
3. People tend to order more from home than at the hotel. They may feel 'full' and stop ordering in a restaurant.
4. Elderly people, busy people will rather order from home for quality food than riding to a hotel.
Hence the food-delivering entities demand commission from the restaurants. Again, a win-win situation for everybody.

So sometimes, self-interest, Greed benefits society. Hence economics advises 'free-market', Globalisation, privatisation, competition.
The entire world seems to be moving in this direction right now. But tread this path carefully.
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