tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499217243284937366.post560386298758138586..comments2024-03-25T08:56:25.810-04:00Comments on TKIN: Philosopher Encounters Modern Life: Just Price Theory: Not So Crazy After All?Patricia Marinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16087880431696831634noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499217243284937366.post-26452778465258987942015-11-03T11:10:39.232-05:002015-11-03T11:10:39.232-05:00Imagine living in a time when someone purchases th...Imagine living in a time when someone purchases the air and charges $700 for each inhalation and if you breath but can't pay you are imprisoned and the prisons are overcrowded until the majority of inmates die of disease, or those who can pay work until they can't afford to breathe anymore so they die too. Imagine that most people in the world die for lack of breath within a generation and there is a shortage of labour and hence a shortage of food production, and in the end a social scientist claims that our emphasis on economy was a mistake and no-one who remains cares anyway because life is not valued. This isn't philosophy - it's just the imagination of an irrelevant person.Janet Vickershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064735501871939254noreply@blogger.com