Replying to Rol who gave a definition of wealth for him that concerned the
virtues of Maine. And others who have responded to the wealth/ money
question in other threads but it was Rol who gave the 'hook'
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Maine is less diverse than many other places, and this is a serious
disadvantage. On the other hand, there are here a set of shared values
that are priceless beyond measure.
Is this what you refer to, If?
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Much of it yes Rol. Maine is a place I would like to live in for much the
same reasons which were why I enjoyed Norway so much once upon a time and
Australia once upon another. But more profoundly I suspect your
> shared values that are priceless beyond measure>
is a clue that unlocks the distinction.
The wealth/ money issue was first planted in my mind by my colleague,
coach and co-author Ray Shaw and has nagged away at me ever since. We were
discussing corporate strategy and behaviour at the time. I am still trying
to work out a meaning that works. The closest I have got is order [or
negative entropy] that people value - which links wealth very firmly into
shared values of SETs. By that criterion all the things you mention would
strike me as wealth, as would a difference made to people, and knowledge
and learning.
Money I cannot see as more than an enabler of exchange reinvented several
times. I sense a danger in confusing it with wealth which is an easy
pattern to fall into.
I would welcome other contributions.
If Price
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