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>"Selling something that people want isn't equal to providing value. Let me be pessimistic: coffee doesn't provide a positive value, because it's a drug that ge
by zo1 11y ago
>"Selling something that people want isn't equal to providing value. Let me be pessimistic: coffee doesn't provide a positive value, because it's a drug that get's people addicted however little and subliminal. Maybe that is a value to society in general, but it isn't to the individual."
If you don't think someone selling you coffee that you want is providing value, then perhaps you should try make your own. Once you have to "spend" time to physically make/get yourself the good/product that you wanted, you'll quickly learn what "value" a seller provides. Technically, not the seller as much as the actual producer, but the seller provides value as well. And in most examples represents the entire supply chain.
- throwupper247 11y agoThat's just sad how much you are missing my point, all the while defending the coffee that your text kind of reads like you had too much before reading.
- zo1 11y ago>"Selling something that people want isn't equal to providing value." This is the point I was addressing. >"Let me be pessimistic: coffee doesn't provide a positive value, because it's a drug that get's people addicted however little and subliminal." Oh, so now it's "positive value". This is something you are imposing on the person based on your own personal opinion about value and coffee. >"Maybe that is a value to society in general, but it isn't to the individual." No, it's a value to the individual that chose it. You, being external to the hypothetical individual we are discussing, don't get to make decisions for said individual. >"That's just sad how much you are missing my point, all the while defending the coffee that your text kind of reads like you had too much before reading." My comment had nothing to do with advocating coffee.
- throwupper247 11y ago>My comment had nothing to do with advocating coffee My comment did. You can't just reply to the whole comment without considering that part.
- zo1 11y agoNo, your comment had to do with redefining value based on whether you think something is good for someone. Like coffee.
- throwupper247 11y agoI was trying to tell you that there is a difference between what someone thinks about something's value and the actual value of that thing. It's called subjectivity and objectivity and I feel like your first comment in this thread sounds like you imply that there was no objectivity. The absolut is a special case of relativity: coffee is absolutely disgusting, even if it subjectively seems to taste relatively fine to some, they all agree that it was disgusting at first, hence it's called an aquired taste.