[MD] Dynamic Development at all costs?

[Magnus Berg]

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pholden at davtv.com 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?

> 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'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.

	Magnus