random unthought out collection of thoughts for the day…aka more conflusion from me…

Could you put a monetary value on everything in the world?
Does it fluctuate as a collection of inanimate objects becomes something more valuable than the sum of its parts…
…if a must have item is just replacing another must-have item (as TV replaced books, and computers replaced TV’s, cars replace bikes etc.) is the rise of one company (and it’s stock etc.) always at the expense of another company’s fall?
…and population growth must be accounted for here because as there are more people there is a bigger market for ‘stuff’…how much of inflation is accounted for by population growth?
…if everyone has x amount of ‘stuff’ and x amount of ‘currency’ aren’t we all just trading our stuff and currency to each other for more or less stuff and currency?
…prices fall over time allowing us to buy more stuff for less currency…

…can I assume then that rich people are smart and poor people are stupid?

this is probably some 500 year old theory by some genius, but I was just pondering this at work today…which must be a sign that I don’t have much work at the moment. 🙂
…and…
if someone thinks up a genius idea in complete isolation from someone else who thought up the same genius idea (thus not getting credit for it) can they still be considered a genius?
I’m sure history is littered with this type of situation…I’m just not well read enough to know it…

above is precisely why I will never be an author…Stream of consciousness had its day eh?