http://moreintelligentlife.com/section/philanthrophy The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://moreintelligentlife.com/blog/ariel-ramchandani/qa-rob-walker-significant-objects <p><!--paging_filter--><img src=" http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/files/angels-thermos4-550.jpg" width="200" hspace="20" vspace="20" align="right"alt="" />Remember burying a time-capsule as a kid? These care packages to our future selves usually included a letter and any valuable possessions we could bear to part with: stickers, a mood ring, a key chain. How much would you pay for that mossy stuff now, and the letter explaining them? How much would those objects be worth to a stranger? The value of such things is complicated, <a href="http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=708">and largely subjective</a>. This is why I still have my <a href="http://www.breyerhorses.com/">Breyer horse collection</a>, and why I would pay real money to have any of those time-capsules back. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://moreintelligentlife.com/blog/ariel-ramchandani/qa-rob-walker-significant-objects"><font size="-2"><b>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></font></a></span></p> http://moreintelligentlife.com/blog/ariel-ramchandani/qa-rob-walker-significant-objects#comments philanthrophy Publishing THE Q&amp;A Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:15:12 +0000 Ariel Ramchandani 2435 at http://moreintelligentlife.com