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RE: An Argument for Long-Term Rational Self-Interest Versus Short-Term Irrational Value Extraction

in #steem7 years ago (edited)

You have a phenomenal memory! While we do presently not agree regarding a post-market economy, it is that disagreement I referred to here. I expect the nature of capital to be a tool for oppression and unenlightened exploitation to continue to provide strong impetus to oppose it, and automation and non-point source production to increasingly enable that opposition.

Regardless, the value of interpersonal interaction is not related to capital, except as capital constrains us through oppressive mechanisms. Many people using selfvoting, other scams, and votebots cite the need for capital as some kind of panistic justification for their actions. As you point out, these short sighted extractive undertakings degrade the entire community, and are counterproductive to capital creation overall.

There is good reason to restrict monetization to particular mechanisms in particular venues, to reflect the purpose of participants and prevent exploitation. Failing to do so can destroy the potential of venues to deliver the value participants are there to create and receive.

Conflating interpersonal discussions with advertising is likely to create that destruction. That doesn't mean advertising is the devil, just that it isn't appropriate in every venue. Perhaps SMTs will make that kind of separation of venues possible, as Steemit hasn't yet.

I am confident my vision of the future is both flawed, and will evolve. I am but glad to see I am not alone, and that your evolution you illustrate here shows I am in good company in that regard =)

Edit: just to belabor the point, while money does have value, it's not all that does, nor is all value possible to be monetized. Mike Tyson said Don King would sell his mother for a dollar.

That is post-value.

Society is much more than an economy. We are much more than mere assets. Most of our value isn't possible to reduce to money.

Love, family, and many other things are far more valuable than can be expressed in terms of capital. When such things are merely considered for the potential financial return they can generate, they become no more than prostitution and slavery, which I am certain we will agree are dramatic reductions in their value.