Jed, I beg to disagree. ad (1) 'legitimate earning of money' happens, but is more rare than common, and more often happens under a pretext of chance than ability.
ad (2) Maybe, at times. But it rarely does. Philantropists are more often wrong than right when directing of their surplus money. My judgement of people like Branson, Ellison or Allen or Gates or Buffett on which way to go is not very favourable. ad (3) Money is a measure of exploitation more often than not. See the slave-ownership--bubble, which forced the US-North to fight this money/property-'bubble'. This factoid enlightened me re what was going on in the US in the mid-19th century. I was very astonished, when I learned about that. ad (4) Freedom for whom? I value You, because of your deep dedication to an important cause. Wrt that you are a very atypical person, with a deep sense of importance and a dedication to your case. (I do not do this easily, because judging a person always implies that I somehow have the competence to do so, which I do not have by some inborn faculty of being superior. But I judge the likes of eg (2) nevertheless, because they collide with my worldview and my logic, which I cultivated over the years.) Anyway. Let us keep this debate out of the equation. It is enough when I occasionally speculate on Rossi -vs- Karl May, and we disagree. It is always -sort of- a pleasure (for me) to have some headwind from a sharp mind. All the best. Guenter ________________________________ Von: Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Gesendet: 0:03 Dienstag, 10.Juli 2012 Betreff: Re: [Vo]: ECAT 600 C Operations Guenter Wildgruber wrote: Decent, humble scientifically oriented minds consider that, and are not distracted by possible billions. That is an absurd thing to say. 1. Money and wealth earned by legitimate ... 2. Money promotes science, technology and exploration. 3. Money is a measure of social benefit, albeit a crude one. 4. Money is a measure of freedom. - Jed
