>The fact is that we are economic creatures by nature.

i disagree with this wholly...economic systems are created by man, they are not an inherent part of our nature...huge mistake in thinking, imo

>When something does not have an economic value attached to
>it... it really has little value to us, regardless of what we
>might say.

disagree again...i have at least 10 free music releases on my mp3 player that are valuable and important to me, and scores more on my HD

and that's just music

i'm assuming that you don't extend this concept to things like family, friends, children, higher power, own art, etc.