From the mind of critic: “If the best things in life are free, is it because we’re assigning monetary value to something we can’t fully describe? Do we need to know all the details of an item, so we can assess what aspects will end up in the loss column, and which in the return column? Does a balance sheet need to be drawn up? Does assessing the value of an item, use the same methods as valuing an idea? What about an idea that doesn’t correspond to a actual physical thing? If money only exists because we put our faith in it that it does, do ideas only exist because we put our faith in them? If we put faith in money and faith in ideas, does that inherent concept assign a monetary value to ideas, whether we think about it or not? Or does the fact that we can’t fully describe something doesn’t mean it’s free, but simply means we can’t describe the value we’re paying for it? Love, peace, hate, ignorance, intolerance and joy are all concepts we can’t fully describe. We can describe what they mean to us, but not what it means for others because it changes for everybody. While none of us would admit hate, ignorance and intolerance are the best things in life, and most of us would admit that love, peace and joy are. Definitions of these ideas change from person to person. What’s best for us, might not be the best for somebody else. Life can be very chaotic, where events happen we can never explain. Our minds must have something to cling to, organizing these universally chaotic ideas in a way that doesnt make our mind go spinning out of control. So when we say the best things in life are free, we are simply putting subjective ideas in ways we can begin to understand them. If we know those best things change from person to person, what are we really making less chaotic? For all of us to lead a fulfilling and satisfying life, we need to stop thinking in terms of free and not free, but in terms of building us up and tearing us down. It’s the only barometer that truly matters” 🙂