But, in the real world, the true value of anything is nothing more or less than what someone else thinks it's worth, not "what you think it's worth," or "how many hours you put into it at whatever rate per hour you figure you should earn."
Reality is a bitch, sometimes.
(This is also, by the way, the fundamental flaw and fallacy underlying Marxist economic theory. In case you ever wondered exactly why it was so #$%@#@! wrong.)
This post at the Classical Values blog by SF author Sarah Hoyt describes it about as well and as succinctly as I've seen anywhere.
I know I've even in the past using a semi-Marxist work-value analysis on occasion . . . before I really understood why it was so effing stupid . . .
Thanks for the link...a very good read