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To wit: while the other creatures of the earth seem to be doing just fine, except for how humanity depredates and occasionally annihilates them, anybody who observes the doings of the human race detects that from time immemorial it is the behavior of a species that, for the most part, is struggling with an enormous disjunction with life itself.
The value depredates, and they end up the big losers.
Instead of viewing the collection as a capital good that wears out or depredates, we can instead treat it as something that survives indefinitely, sustained by "replacement investment" whose cost measures the annual flow of services it provides.
 
 
 
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