Nice essay!!
In part you are right, I don't for instance value the girl in NZ life at all, I wouldn't donate a dime towards her drugs, partly because were I to, I would have to value every other NZ person the same along with every other person in the world, at least those that are in need.
However, I do not and can not put a monetary value on my wife, I would happily give everything I own to purchase the drugs that would keep her alive, should they be needed.
Is my wife anymore valuable to you than the unknown to either of us girl dying of cancer? No, she is equally unvalued to all unknown to either humans.
Should either have the 100K a year themselves, any unknowing human couldn't care less.
My point is I don't value you any higher or lower than the broke and dying NZ lass, I do however value your mind, as it often comes up with interesting ideas, often wrong, but still interesting. Would I pay to read your ideas, not unless you wrote a book and I felt it worth owning.
In the same manner, I might value the beauty of a Playboy centerfold girl. I might be willing to pay to view that centerfold. I would not value the lady for her money, nor probably her mind.
Were I to hire her to pose for me to photograph, I would monetarily value her higher than I would value you. I might pay her, I don't think I would pay you.
However, were I to wish to employee either of you for mental purposes, I would most likely be willing to pay you more than her.
Value is not a fixed thing, it is relative. Just because you have more money that Moe does not make you more valuable to society than Moe. It will entirely depend on what society want at the moment as to who is more valuable.
The fact that you have more money than Moe would tend to indicate that at some point in the past you were more valuable to society than he was. It does not however indicate that at present you are more valued, just more wealthy.
While money may be an indicator of the value of a human, it is not the end all measure.
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