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Were the resources used up, though? In your hypothetical, there's an (arguably) beautiful pen in the world, now, which wasn't there before. Surely that must h
by mewse 9y ago
Were the resources used up, though?
In your hypothetical, there's an (arguably) beautiful pen in the world, now, which wasn't there before. Surely that must have some value?
Otherwise, all forms of human endeavor are kind of pointless and a net negative for the world, right? If we only count the costs and ignore the product of the work?
- icebraining 9y agoHave you taken into account the full thread? The person who was saying it was negative was Emma_Goldman above, who decried the purchase of a $4000 pen in a world where billions of people live miserable, indigent lives. What I'm saying is, it's not so bad, because of those $4000, most of it was just moved to someone else's bank account, the actual use of resources was small. Effectively, the buyer just delegated the power of alleviating poverty with that money to someone else.