a source familiar with the matter on Nostr: "Trade & economic coordination are the most valuable sources of wealth & value ...
"Trade & economic coordination are the most valuable sources of wealth & value creation in all of human history & because these are actions & not a physical things you are trying to suggest that they don't exist."
Are you trying to suggest that they do?
There's some entity called "trade" out there spitting out gold coins or wheat or convertible automobiles?
I suppose there is, but only in a very loose and metaphorical sense.
However these claims about trade can be translated into claims about actual entities without any loss of meaning.
We do this automatically.
"Humans who trade & coordinate economically have produced more wealth & economic value than by any other action"
Do you agree that this statement fairly reflects the content of your original without supposing that there is an entity called "trade" out in the world?
Are you trying to suggest that they do?
There's some entity called "trade" out there spitting out gold coins or wheat or convertible automobiles?
I suppose there is, but only in a very loose and metaphorical sense.
However these claims about trade can be translated into claims about actual entities without any loss of meaning.
We do this automatically.
"Humans who trade & coordinate economically have produced more wealth & economic value than by any other action"
Do you agree that this statement fairly reflects the content of your original without supposing that there is an entity called "trade" out in the world?