Monday, October 09, 2006

Money

Money is like a plant. It will grow with time, quite naturally. But only if it helps bridge a gap between one "present" informational state and one desired "future" informational state. Good things just blossom naturally.

In an economy, it is not useful to have economic crimes, that is, economic laws, because it forces the growth of something that is bad. Because as you see, a good thing will flourish naturally. Because there is an informational need for it.

So economic laws encourage the growth of weeds: economic, political, and social. These weeds can end up producing very bad things and, ultimately, the destruction of your planet. It's the outcome of the game.