From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sat Jan 23 1999 - 17:00:03 MST
Alexander 'Sasha' Chislenko wrote:
>I thought value exchange without value representation (whoever issues it)
>is for romantics. I'll bet a PC against your cow it will never work
>in any sufficiently complex society.
Every society incorporates sufficient complexity or it would never have
emerged as a discrete society. Insufficiently complex societies do not
exist, although (sub-complex) adaptive systems can serve as bridges or
catalysts to more socio-biologically evolved systems. Consequently, all real
societies use money, i.e., a means of exchange, of some form or other. The
social contract requires it, does it not?
--J. R.
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