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To: carranza2 who wrote (72758)	4/5/2011 7:17:13 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217711

True, the four forces of the apocalypse require material objects to manifest themselves in reality and for people to manipulate them to our ends, creating our own realities. <Most investments at the end of the day involve some sort of material. Cyberspace itself needs fibre, semiconductors, etc., to power it. > But the most valuable component is the aethereal abstract component, not the enabling objects. A musical instrument is a cheap object, but the music enabled by a small collection of such objects can be worth $billions. Paintings are just canvas, pigments and some oil, with the components worth a few dollars, but bids for paintings can reach $millions. Mqurice