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Brass can also be used for jewelry. Why is gold more valuable than brass? Look up gold’s use by mass. It is dominated by gold’s value being a social construct.
by next_xibalba 4y ago
Brass can also be used for jewelry. Why is gold more valuable than brass?
Look up gold’s use by mass. It is dominated by gold’s value being a social construct.
- whatever1 4y ago"Brass can also be used for jewelry. Why is gold more valuable than brass?" Because your wife says so. Yes jewelry in genaral is a social construct, but it is not replaceable. At least it was not for the past 5000 years.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoWow, what a sexist archaic view. Learn about scarcity value.
- throw-ru-938 4y agoMy cat's hair is even more scarce. Does not mean it has more value than gold.
- ramphastidae 4y agoIs it? Who is buying your cat’s hair? What’s the market price?
- CPLX 4y agoRight but it’s a social construct that’s endured across millennia and multiple different unrelated cultures. When the Spanish discovered the “new world” they didn’t have to convince the locals that gold was valuable they’d been hoarding it too. For centuries, without any communication or contact at all. It’s been held as a high value asset in basically every iteration of humanity that’s existed, including today’s. That’s about as close a definition of intrinsic as you’re going to get in this world.
- bluehorseray 4y agoHave you ever held 24k gold? It's actually beautiful, and I think that's why it's consistently been valued throughout history. Couple that with scarcity and I think it will always be valuable. https://youtu.be/94S3S3NTTdA?t=550 https://youtu.be/94S3S3NTTdA?t=550