Moving beyond "Reputation"--the Market View of Reality

[Petro]

On Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 07:53 PM, georgemw at speakeasy.net 
wrote:
> On 29 Nov 2001, at 16:11, Wei Dai wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 03:05:18PM -0800, Tim May wrote:
>> But there is a scalar number attached to a person which deserves the 
>> name
>> "reputation capital", namely his own judgement of what his reputation 
>> is
>> worth.
> Even this is not a scalar.  Since reputation cannot be bought
> and sold, the idea that it is worth a specific well defined amount is
> false.

	What makes you think a reputation cannot be bought and sold?

	Ever hear of Public Relations firms? Politicians?

	Both are in the business of buying and selling reputations.

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