currency
About a year ago, in one of this semi scientific articles that appears on economics, i read that the most exciting development of economic science was the criticism to the existence of the "homo economicus". such title carry the assumption that people take decisions rationally, making then the use of logical models a reasonable task in the understanding of economics. the criticism start saying that, far from being agents that take the rational decision to each transaction, we are closer to individuals that base their decisions on feelings, memory, personal allegiances, and the like.
Indeed this is exciting stuff, since the inclusion of uncertainty, or irrational decision making has allowed to explain, in the last decade, a far wider range of human -economical- behavior. Today, looking at the press, i wonder how fundamental those criticisms are.
The new that caught my attention refers to an ongoing lawsuit in the usa. As most of you are aware, it happens that porno is a dominant presence in internet. And, as some of you might be aware of, if you want to have lots of porno, you got to pay. But then what is paying? What would you give in return to access to couples, solos and groups, engaged in that ancient activity? blood, sweat and tears?
Well, it seems that this transaction can be done in many unsuspected currencies. An innovative entrepreneur from the states, offer the following deal to soldiers stationed in Irak... if you want access to my porno, you can give me in return images from your actions, in the front. there you are, a rational transaction. Give me some blood, some real blood, and i'll give you some porno.
Besides the implications that the success of this transaction might have for economical theory, I keep on wondering about my root ideals, for example make love, not war. Interestingly, I would say. To my forerunners in the sixties seemed obvious that if you engage in lovemaking, you will not be waging war. Not so, it what it comes out from the piece of news. if you want to go somewhere with your screen and shake it off, you got to make some war before.
From here onwards, there are several lines of writing in my front. we could discuss the idea of currency, and realize that even war has become currency in itself. or we could go deeper in the filing of the sixties dogma, and realize that sex and power have been always intrinsically linked. And of course, there is the looming thought about the intrinsic immorality of paying sex with murder, or occupation.
But perhaps it is better to leave it at that, not to write anymore, and just wonder. What I actually wonder is on the rationality of the soldiers. Are they not aware of the huge amount of porno for free in internet? Definitively, this exchange seems to me another proof that homo is if maybe economicus, certainly not rationalis.
Indeed this is exciting stuff, since the inclusion of uncertainty, or irrational decision making has allowed to explain, in the last decade, a far wider range of human -economical- behavior. Today, looking at the press, i wonder how fundamental those criticisms are.
The new that caught my attention refers to an ongoing lawsuit in the usa. As most of you are aware, it happens that porno is a dominant presence in internet. And, as some of you might be aware of, if you want to have lots of porno, you got to pay. But then what is paying? What would you give in return to access to couples, solos and groups, engaged in that ancient activity? blood, sweat and tears?
Well, it seems that this transaction can be done in many unsuspected currencies. An innovative entrepreneur from the states, offer the following deal to soldiers stationed in Irak... if you want access to my porno, you can give me in return images from your actions, in the front. there you are, a rational transaction. Give me some blood, some real blood, and i'll give you some porno.
Besides the implications that the success of this transaction might have for economical theory, I keep on wondering about my root ideals, for example make love, not war. Interestingly, I would say. To my forerunners in the sixties seemed obvious that if you engage in lovemaking, you will not be waging war. Not so, it what it comes out from the piece of news. if you want to go somewhere with your screen and shake it off, you got to make some war before.
From here onwards, there are several lines of writing in my front. we could discuss the idea of currency, and realize that even war has become currency in itself. or we could go deeper in the filing of the sixties dogma, and realize that sex and power have been always intrinsically linked. And of course, there is the looming thought about the intrinsic immorality of paying sex with murder, or occupation.
But perhaps it is better to leave it at that, not to write anymore, and just wonder. What I actually wonder is on the rationality of the soldiers. Are they not aware of the huge amount of porno for free in internet? Definitively, this exchange seems to me another proof that homo is if maybe economicus, certainly not rationalis.
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