What is Value?
Value is basicly what we are willing to pay for, what is worth our hard work and efforts. This varies from one person to another. For some it is pleasure and luxury, for another it is entertainment, for others again it is freedom, or beauty and for most of us we want all of these things and more. Personally I think freedom is the most valuable asset. If you are free to create, share, explore and grow then you are living a happy and meaningful life.
What Are We Willing to Pay for?
We are willing to work hard for everything that brings us more freedom. Usually this means more money, so we can be even more free to do what we want. On Steem we don't pay for anything and yet we have the power to define what is valuable. Of Course, the more money you have the more power you have to decide what is valuable content, but for all users Steem represents an opportunity to make money on creating value to others. The question is no longer what are we willing to pay for, but what are we willing to vote for.
We Decide What is Valuable.
On Steem we see in real time what is considered valuable. There is no mystery why a post gets upvoted, it gives us something we want. It may be information, entertainment, pleasure or challenge. The interesting thing about Steem is that completely new things are suddenly valuable. We see that personal stories are more valuable than superficial information. I don't want a 5 step instruction on how to be a good leader, I want YOUR experience as a leader of a project you were passionate about. I don't want an expert review of Dostojevskijs books, I want your EXPERIENCE as you read them. I want to connect with you on a deeper level and Steem makes it possible. We come for the money and we stay for the connection and freedom to share anything with anyone.
The New Frontier
Steem represtents a new freedom for us. Suddenly that long gone childhood dream about being an artist a poet a dancer a musician is no longer just a dream. Steem gives us the opportunity to share our work easy and fast to people all over the world. You don’t need to ask anyone's permission to create something, Steem is a new frontier where we are the settlers exploring a brave new world.
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very nice camilla :)
thanks! glad you liked it :)
The diamond-water paradox comes to mind @camilla on value - it's Adam Smiths work 1776
value is not necessarily linked to utility, if that was so then only things that can cover basic human needs would be considered valuable.
nice :)
Thanks @marius19
Camilla, good post and philosophical topic. What is value indeed? What is the value of a post? Does it have to have intrinsic value, or is it what others are willing to pay for it? I am doing an experiment myself on this. Apologies for the spamminess, but it is right on point with your article. Go to my blog and take a look. Thank you!
Excellent post, thank you.
Im glad you liked it :)
It's good to occasionally have to think!!
good post , tell the whole world about Steemit
I am doing an experiment to tell the whole world about steemit... and value in particular.
I hope so :)
Freedom has nothing to do with doing what you like when you like. That's the worst type of slavery
what is freedom for you?
blindly following your impulses is not freedom, but that is not what is ment. Freedom to do what you want means freedom to explore, to grow, to change to create.
Let me give you an example of what I meant by my comment. I am free to drink and do drugs, but is it really freedom ? or is it just recklessness.
There are laws in this earth that don't give 2 cents about us, if I choose to jump off a cliff because I am free to do it, gravity will not consider my act as an act of freedom or originality.
I think you will enjoy reading "The Philosophy of Freedom" by Rudolf Steiner, if you didn't already :)
I agree, drinking and following your own pleasures is not freedom, it is a prison. But hopefully we have grown out of that kind of destructive beahvior. Real freedom have nothing to do with following your impulses.
@freiheit No my friend, I haven't read it. May be if I come by it in the future I will. But can you give us Rudolf Steiner conception of freedom ?
@camilla I think this was an interesting post. I have sort of been trying to inspire people to look at things over the long term https://steemit.com/steemit/@iamwne/persistence-approach-to-steemit-a-practical-guide
thanks :)
I love the upvote for upvote! Let's do it. I just did, putradham.