“This introduces a very interesting truism about humanity. That the vast majority of value in our lives is not exchanged through money, but via humans voluntarily bartering their time, attention, and excellence with one another. I would argue this has always been the case about humanity/economics – where monetary exchange, though necessary, only accounted for a small minority of the total value of the human experience. But with income inequality gone, with wealth unlimited, THE ONLY THING remaining is the value of human interaction. But it can’t just be “any” human interaction. It’s going to have to be valuable, quality, and sought-after human interaction. And this will pose a problem for leftists.”
By any reasonable standard, most of us are rich. All of our needs, and many of our wants, are met. I know many people of relatively modest means who have no desire to work harder to just get a little further ahead.
That had to be one of the best philosophical digressions I’ve read in some time.
Well done Captain.