> cleaners and other menial jobs contribute as much to society as any geniuses (evidently, as societies without those menial jobs got outcompeted) Scarcity is

> cleaners and other menial jobs contribute as much to society as any geniuses (evidently, as societies without those menial jobs got outcompeted) Scarcity is clearly an important component of value. This is essentially the "why is gold more valuable than water when I need water to live." question. I don't see the point in rehashing this stuff as if it's new.