Many forms of market activity have an intrinsic stimulation on the sense of self. To bring something to market for trade, it is necessary to separate that thing from its context and remove it some distance from its point of genesis. To do that effectively, especially scaling up and at greater intensity, it is necessary to have a well-developed sense of self and a propensity for localizing personal advantage. Market activity intensifies this particular state of consciousness, and through its ubiquitous existence, initiates the multitudes brought up into its activity. And then of course, it was the evolving cultures of the developing self that produced the market activity in the first place.
