After reading Aaron’s last post, I couldn’t help but be reminded of how Oscar Wilde described a cynic: the man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Things such as natural beauty, self-respect, simplicity, and love within families seem to be of no relevance to the concept of economic growth; yet, I believe they are immeasurably relevant to the quality of life.

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