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@aral Our brains are kind of a soficiticated computer. So making parallels to software like spreadsheets to explain how we make decisions has its merits.

You should read "Human Action" by Mises. It would illustrate why every monetary transaction is a value transaction.
"The Virtue of selfishness" by Ayan Rand would explain exactly why every transaction is a value transaction AND a moral decision.

@hypolite @aral
Actually, you are the one wrong about pretty much everything...

@aral to be honest I cannot imagine another futuristic way to solve enequality. We are already measuring advantages and disadvantages of people and try to equalize the system based on the “data”. Think of gevernmental supports or progressive income taxes. But we still have loads of enequality, not only because we don’t agree on common morals but also don’t have a sophisticated way to measure all the complexities of enequality.

@edgaras @aral in theory, maybe, but in practice we put too much faith in data and tools, and derive conclusions that aren't justified or that merely support our existing point of view, and best case, we rush backward toward something like taylorism and scientific management.