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To: grusum who wrote (8147)	2/4/2012 8:01:23 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

You can save labor by doing nothing... People labor to directly or indirectly get what they value, not just labor saving items. A wide-screen high-def TV doesn't save me any labor over a small standard-def set, but all else being equal most people would pay more (give up more of what they earned through their labor for) the the larger higher resolution TV. Survival, and for some individuals reproduction (for the species as a whole reproduction is part of survival, not a separate thing), is valued, so people will usually labor for it. Once survival has been achieved, people will still labor for other things and not just "labor saving devices". usefulness is the measure of value, not desire or feelings. What's useful to you is based on what your feel and desire. If you don't desire it in any way, not even as an intermediate good to get something else that you want, than you won't find it useful.