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> Others, including art, music, religion, and psychology, often have a zero or even negative net financial value. One starts to suspect might be a societal pro
by roughly 5y ago
> Others, including art, music, religion, and psychology, often have a zero or even negative net financial value.
One starts to suspect might be a societal problem at root.
- CincinnatiMan 5y agoCan you expand? If the collection of people known as society doesn’t value something, it makes sense that someone studying how do that thing does not end up being valued.
- roughly 5y agoI agree it reflects society’s apparently expressed values. On that list, per the article, are “art, music, philosophy, religion, and psychology.” I’d argue a society that doesn’t value those things is a poorer society than one that does.
- handrous 5y agoOur particular market we've created not valuing something very highly, and society not valuing something very highly, may have a lot of overlap, but it's not perfect.