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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (70261)	5/7/2003 1:47:07 PM
From: Cary Salsberg	Read Replies (2) of 70976

RE: "This is good news." We all know about scarcity. It is the basis of economic theory and in the real world there are constant, often horrendous reminders of the effects of scarcity and the competition to distribute scarce resources. Museum artifacts have value to society if they contribute to research that furthers our understanding of the world and mankind and uses that understanding to improve our world and life in it. If the value of research based on museum artifacts has long ago diminished to almost nil, then it would be better to make permanent recordings and/or copies of the artifacts to be kept for posterity, sell the artifacts to the highest bidder, and use the money to improve the lot of the world and its people. Many of the museums of antiquities have their origin in a time when the wealthy elite of colonial empires thought it was neat to search through the colonies and ship back home artifacts that could be viewed by their fellow wealthy elite.

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