> [John] > How many decisions of Quality are shortchanged due to monetary > considerations in an average man's life?
Craig But what makes a decision a quality decision? That the costs of any action are weighed against its benefits. And as Krimel points out, the costs are measured in money. [Krimel] > A free market means that value is assigned through a series of > random acts without any intellectual interference. Craig But the free market can be the sum of a series of rational, intellectual decisions. This should be our goal. [Krimel] And that summation was called the invisible hand by Adam Smith and evolution by Darwin. When expressed graphically as a bell curve its shape determines a lot about life below the curve. We can and do many things to affect the shape of socio-demographic curves. We have a long tradition of encouraging homeownership through tax incentives. We have programs in schools to change the probability of drug use in teens. We measure Value in literacy rates, homeless rates, number of billionaires. We alter the flow of rivers of capital and drive time traffic. Money is not the only measure of Value and it is often an impediment to the expression of Quality. I think having a goal is the first step in defining purpose. I think acting purposefully is more effective than leaving everything to chance. It is one thing to start from Ooops! And another to end there. 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/
