On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > > And ne'er the twain shall meet....his point seems to be that we can't > keep attaching only monetary value to the things we do...and here we > are, doing just that; the point of your response seems to be that it > HAS to be reduced to money value. Why is he wrong, and why do you say > you are right? How do you answer the question he poses (I've included > it at the top)? If I stop to cook, to sroll around a park, should I > then say, I am using up time that I could be earning X rupees?
All I'm saying is that there is nothing inherently wrong in doing that. Attaching a monetary value to a pleasurable activity doesn't reduce the pleasure one whit. Understanding optics and how raindrops refract light doesn't make a rainbow any less pretty -- in fact in makes it a little more wondrous to my mind. > I do feel that attaching monetary value to our time could lead to the > problem of our not wanting to "waste" time...we tend to shave off the > time we have to Wake Up And Smell The Coffee, or to Stand And Stare. > These are important parts of the human need, and contribute to our sum > total of happiness, and these bits of time cannot be monetised. The best decision support tools in the world can't save you from poor decision making. -- b
