Quoting Magnus Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Platt > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Money is simply a medium of exchange between my work and your work. Goods > > and > > services don't fall from heaven. They require human effort. > > Yes, but how does that prove that money is *not* the sole goal of the free > market?
How do you prove that it is? > > Ah yes, the Robinson Crusoe pattern. Seems we've discussed this at length > before. > > As I remember, most agreed he wouldn't survive without having a background > > provided by culture, such as language (to have thoughts) and an > > understanding of > tools. > > Mumbo jumbo if you ask me. That's not real dependency, it's just a very loose > connection. Real dependency is for example an animal's dependency on its > inorganic matter. If that matter was suddenly converted into energy, the > animal > would die. *That's* the kind of dependency I look for between the levels. If > it's not there, it's simply not patterns of interdependent levels. I see it as real dependency. Take away society and you get wolfboy. > >>> I'm promoting individual freedom within a social structure that keeps > >>> biological forces of destruction at bay. Incidentally, Pirsig reserves > >>> "society" as he uses the term to human society. > >> One of his mistakes, as I've tried to show in this thread. > > > > I demure. > > I'm sure you do, but it's a poor substitute for a verbal argument, especially > on > a mailing list. Not only I demure but so does Pirsig with whom I agree. Do you want to hear his arguments again? ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
