<p>I think this discussion shows us once again that “value” is not just a number; there is “intrinsic” and “subjective” value in everything. To give an example from today’s news, it was more “valuable” for the actor and Oscar host James Franco to fly on the red eye from LAX to JFK so that he could attend his poetry class in the Yale Ph.D. program in English instead of attend the post-show parties. In fact, he hopes to be able to ditch Hollywood for a tenured professor position at a place like Yale someday. He will never earn as much as a star actor if he follows through on that plan, but that is what he “values”. Different strokes for different folks!</p>