If value is subjective, how is it not a social construct?:
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Value is a result of our neurobiological reward system. The ability to value, and the patterns of value (scarcity/hoarding/usability/aesthetics/etc.), are the result of a programmed objective design (neurophysics) even though the perceptive process of valuing is subjective.
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Cultural hierarchies developed due to humans using scarce collectibles as jewelry to display status/wealth. Collectible jewelry then evolved by transforming into a medium of exchange -- birthing and infusing “money” and economics into culture. https://nakamotoinstitute.org/shelling-out/
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Money may seem like a cultural or social construct, but it’s roots are neurobiological. Money cannot only be a “social construct” because patterns of value (scarcity/hoarding/usability/aesthetics/etc.) result from neurobiology governing the tendencies of human consciousness.
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But my question is: is money a social construct in even the slightest? The answer may hinge on the degree of free will we have to influence, or act against, our programmed biological patterns like: hoarding objects for scarce times (Gresham’s Law), etc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoarding_(animal_behavior) …
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We still don’t know why dopaminergic reward responses result from collecting beautiful objects, or why aesthetics are apart of the properties of collectibles in the first place.
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Aesthetic appreciation of objects could be evidence supporting free will, considering there is no obvious evolutionary justification for that. It could be biologically programmed, like scarcity, but we do not know why yet if so. The implications of either are quite profound.
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Are we influencing our neurobiological operating system or are we literally, and only, the neurobiology? Does biology know beauty?
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Interesting how the mystery of the seemingly arbitrary appreciation for beauty might poke a hole in determinism. We may never know the whole truth, but the fact of the matter is: money is more real than a social construct.
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Replying to @ColbySerpa
I don’t think it does. Aesthetics and Beauty are all about reproduction. Both in humans and animals. Check out how the fish draw paintings at the bottom of the ocean and the female fish pick the male artist fish with the most aesthetic, elaborate designs.
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