> > in a fun, effective, open system > You try to use "wants" to incentivize the selfish to comprehend their "needs"...that's what the happy merchant does. Control by deception. Your friend is a chain-smoker who smokes a pack a day. Do you recommend he goes cold turkey? Or maybe try a week at half-a-pack per day first? And regarding this same example, the point being to create a form of 'interactive entertainment' for others to enjoy; like a book or a videogame or a movie can do the same and even inspire people as much as it can also be a source of ignorance; of course in the end it is just fiction. There are (((movies))) that have negative intent and movies that were created with positive intent. Just as a book, a game, or a 'money alternative' can be created with either intent. Furthermore, if you are open with your intent while you create it perhaps you may also inspire & attract others to your ecoysystem. You say yourself that the highest value of ONE is ONE's ability to evaluate ALL. Perhaps I value the creation process of something unique that can be engaged in by those seeking entertainment - whatever their intent; be it selfishness or boredrom or perhaps as a misguided notion that they can get what they need out of this creation - whatever the case, the intended result is that they become inspired and perhaps can learn from the experience. It is therefor up to the creator to deliver an impact; to help leave a lasting impression. One that doesnt' exert authority or proclaim but that inspires - maybe the kind of very inspiration you share here on Poal. To get people's gears grinding and pondering on our selfish destructive nature. So that maybe perhaps they will eventually realize they do not *need* the game, the movie, the system - to get what they need. Or do you see no value in this exercise? > Do you need to play cards with your friends or do you want to play cards with your friends... If you don't play cards with friends, you may end up not having any friends - therefore if you want friends depending on the type of friends they are then sure, you need to play cards with your friends. Do you suggest tending to the fields 15 hours a day, 7 days a week? Surely at some point you willl have what you need - for both you and your family, maybe even for your local community too. At what point do you 'stop and smell the roses' or shoot the shit with some pals?