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  > What are you implying here? That humans do things without economic
  > incentive, thus everything can be done with economic incentive?
  > That's a ridiculous extrapolation.
I entirely agree that's a ridiculous extrapolation from my question. (Though I suspect you mean 'without' rather than 'with'.)

You then proceed to bring yourself along to the point I was making -- it's a matter of degree, and self-valuation (as the parent alludes to later) is the primary factor in determining what can and can't be done, or over what time frame, with someone's output.

Not that self-valuation isn't important - but it probably shouldn't be entirely self, or entirely others', role to determine the value of someone's output / contribution to society.



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