[Arlo previously] If it went right, I'd suspect we'd have more artists and philosophers, and that these pursuits would be the most meaningful and rewarded activities in our society.
[Khaled] Which usually requires a better educated and open minded society. [Arlo] Hammer, meet nail. [Khaled to Platt] Well, unfortunately such things don't pay off anymore either financially or credibility wise. just ask Paris Hilton [Arlo] Which is why I've long said the "free market" only serves dishes as good as the underlying metaphysics of the people. Our free market dishes out Paris Hilton. As Johnny Rotten used to say, "How lovely for you." Indeed, I think looking at "market popularity" is a good way to assess where we are. Platt complained about there being a lot of garbage (posing as art) out there now, but that's only the free market serving what we order, is it not? Here's an exercise. Imagine what career/profession you feel SHOULD be among the highest paid. Teacher? Nurse? Artist? Violinist? Philosopher? Artist? (My daughter says "chef") Whatever... Then ask yourself, without using "forced salary" or government or anything like that, what changes would you see as necessary that this position would freely become the highest paid out there? In other words, what would the people have to value, say, to make being a "chef" our highest paid career? In other words, what free market values would have to exist to catapult cookery to the highest profession? And, conversely, ask yourself, what free market values exist that keep Paris Hilton on the cover of our magazines? Or K-Fed's albums selling? Because that is where we are. As Bill the Cat used to say, "Ack Pfft!". 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/
