How do people find out that something
is valuable for them?
Let’s look into a primal
tribe. Simple examples are often helpful for deep understanding of the
subject. A savage is thirsty. Water is a value
for him in any case. You have some water in your house. But your water doesn’t
represent any value for him because the savage doesn’t know about its
existence.
We don’t value anything before we
learn about its existence.
Let’s move on. We find a sturdy stick
and sharpen one of its ends. We show it to a savage. It is not a real value for
him yet. Maximum that can be expected is his
