X-Message-Number: 10941 From: "Olaf Henny" <> Subject: CryoNet #10932, Robert Ettinger & 10940, Thomas Donaldson Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:03:10 -0800 Message #10932 from Robert Ettinger: >Subject: One more time My, (Olaf's) annotation it is about the perpetuation of money. >Although this is getting pretty boring and not very useful, I'll make one more >very brief effort to clarify my guesses on Seconds (see below) and one or two >of the many related matters: > > >Robert Ettinger *Right* Message #10940 from Thomas Donaldson > >The real value of money is that it lets us buy and make something >NEW, which did not exist before. Just how it is new does not matter; >and we may well come to a state in which most of what we have is >virtually free. But then there are things that we do not NOW have >(and at any time there will be such things). Even if we can make >it ourselves, given the design, the design becomes the valuable >part. And no, such designs are NOT going to be given away except >for something in return. And then, some form of money provides >the best form of that something in return. > >Best and long, long life to all, > >Thomas Donaldson *Right On!* Best, Olaf Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10941