On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Krimel <[email protected]> wrote:
> [Krimel] > Money is dynamic because it is a generalized conditioned reinforcer. In and > of itself it has no Value. It becomes Valuable because we can use it to > acquire other things that are primary reinforcers: food, shelter, sex drugs > and rock and roll. They say money can't buy everything but I figure that > what you can buy, you can often rent. > > It is a bit like what Pirsig says about carbon atoms. Since money can be > associated with all sorts of Valuable experiences the Value of those > experiences rubs off on money. Like carbon, money is promiscuous. > It is also a bit like what the bible says and has become a common aphorism, "Love of money is the root of all evil" Thus Money as a MEASURE of value is moral and money as SOURCE of value is immoral. John C. 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/
