At 9:50 PM -0500 12/8/99, RISKYBIZ9@aol.com wrote:
>ROG 'BUCK's THE TREND AND
>USES HIS COPY OF 'YEN AND THE
>ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE'
>TO AND HAVE A 'FRANK' DISCUSSION
>AND 'POUND' OUT SOME IDEAS ON MONEY
And a very well written piece it was too. But in all that analysis Roger,
I think there was a point that was missing. Money is absolutely the
highest expression of quality on a social level - but if it ever dominates
over the intellect, then it is immoral. And in our culture, money rules
over the intellect far too often. I think thats where we have a feeling of
"bad quality" over the whole concept. Too many decisions on high are based
upon profit rather than overall social quality. Consequently, the society
suffers. Money doesn't make a very good measurer of value, in the
important things.
I've been really been getting my brain blasted lately with this forum and
something else I'm working on - idologly. The study of idols. The MoQ
really lit up my fire at attacking an old problem with some new ideas.
What is idolatry exactly? That seems to be what we talk about when you're
stuck in a static truth trap. When you're closed to dynamic quality, you
are worshipping an idol. Money is corrupt in our society, because it has
become an idol. People use it improperly to define quality.
But of course, you're right, that's not the pattern's fault. It's the
silly humans that USE the patterns of value exchange. But you can hardly
blame them, because they have no concept of ultimate value and the myths
that money induces blinds them to this fact.
You say:
Money is the measure of economic social freedom.
I agree, Money is an economic measurement ... but does it really maximize
social freedom? Millions of people have no social freedom at all because
they are pursuing money so assiduously that they don't have time to talk to
their neighbors or their own family for that matter. How is their social
life free?
I think very often money is more of a hindrance than a cure. If you're in
pursuit of dynamic quality, lack of money is one of the most creative
forces you'll find in art or innovation. Money creates preconcieved
patterns where you try and buy the solution to your problems, rather than
examining the root of the problem itself for a direct solution. Money
leads to too many strange loops - I need money to make my car payments so I
can get to where I earn money.
Don't get me wrong. If somebody walked up and handed me a big wad of it, I
wouldn't throw it away. But I've found out as I've gotten older that when
I followed my heart rather than my pocketbook, I've been happier for it
every time. The quality of my life improves when I think about quality
directly - what is best overall - rather than what is most lucrative.
I'll even offer you the hypothesis that the most significant advances in
social evolution toward quality come about because of a dynamic that has
nothing to do with money.
jc
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