One of the great mistakes of our time is the idea, anything in existence or thinkable can be made a good with a price.
@Kuechenmonk the quantization of all information in terms of value. It's something I dislike as well.

@0x3F It is a shame, since it encourages or rather forces everyone to market him-/herself, to optimize, to streamline...

What I am especially worried about is the idea, all the collected data would give an accurate picture of reality.

@Kuechenmonk turning humanity into individual economic engines isn't a good idea. Ugh, the belief that with enough tech we can solve all problems really rubs me the wrong way.

@0x3F "Progress & Empire" still appear to be a valid motivation.

I wonder, how to organise society around other core principles besides debt-driven greed. What could lead out of that misery?

@Kuechenmonk i have wondered this question for long time, and i have no solution. I truly believe technology cannot give us a solution there. Humans will have to come up with some system of distribution on that scale. I hope people much smarter than me are working on i, because so far I don't even know how to approach that problem.
@0x3F Alas, I have no magic cure either. But there's a documentary, I recently watched, that gave me some insight into the ideas of selflessness, friendlyness and charity. Do you speak German or French?
@0x3F Okay, said docu about altruism, called "Revolution der Selbstlosen", meaning "revolution of the selfless", isn't available for free anymore. Ironically, you can buy it.