I agree completely. There has to be common programs, and a social safety
net, simply because while I'm concerned about the welfare of people far from
me, there is nothing I can do for them personally except to pay into
programs designed to help them. However, there is a balance between
At the moment we live in a capitalist society, where the market -
whether "free" or not determines the value of things.
I suggest you look for a more practical alternative
Eva
Sender:Dennis Paull [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do we value things and the people who make them?
If I create
I believe it's a matter of perspective. It depends a lot on the relative
emphasis one gives to the personal versus the social, or the individual
versus the collective. Caring for other people or animals in distress is, I
believe, a very personal thing. If you intrude the social or
Durant wrote:
[snip]
The problem in Russia is not that people "forgot how to care",
but that they haven't got the means to care. Same as in the UK,
if mental patiens are "released to the community" without the funding
of future specialist care for them, a new layer of the destitute is
Ed Weick wrote:
Where in our economic system are personal efforts given value? Why can't
we place a value on caring for an ill relative or a newborn child or a
wild animal.
Why would we want to place a social value on something that is so
fundamentally personal?
Ed Weick
I would
Dennis Paull wrote:
How do we value things and the people who make them?
Thomas:
An 11 word question could take a book to answer. Perhaps if we assign the
meaning to value in this context as appreciate, then we can say that if
anyone appreciates something someone has made, then they have
Ed Weick wrote:
Where in our economic system are personal efforts given value? Why can't
we place a value on caring for an ill relative or a newborn child or a
wild animal.
Why would we want to place a social value on something that is so
fundamentally personal?
Brad McCormick
I think that with concerns for personal autonomy vis a vis the collective,
especially given the "automated work" scenario that Rivkin proposes, local
economic systems which include personal money become more important. Rather
than deceptively simple concepts, personal money systems like LETS are
Jack Cole wrote:
Dennis Paull (automation engineer) wrote:
I agree that management normally wins. But my concern is for those,
who for whatever reason, do not want to be, or are unable to be,
'knowledge' workers.
Right on, Dennis! I've often thought that an initiative to redefine
Hi all,
Sender:Dennis Paull [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do we value things and the people who make them?
If I create a thing of beauty ( a device, painting, park, poem, music,
building, playground, etc.) and a million people enjoy it, but only one
person chooses to buy it, what is its value?
Where in our economic system are personal efforts given value? Why can't
we place a value on caring for an ill relative or a newborn child or a
wild animal.
Why would we want to place a social value on something that is so
fundamentally personal?
Ed Weick
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