My concern is that Halloween provides a microcosmic peek at a society where women are primarily valued by how physically or sexually attractive they are, above their intellect or their achievements or their personalities.
But the activity primarily valued individual achievement.
Degrees from universities are primarily valued not on their outputs (how much students actually learn) but on their inputs (SAT scores, acceptance rates).
This indicates that in our economy, women are primarily valued as malleable marketing tools that can be manipulated indefinitely to generate revenue.
But for three generations now, we have shifted the prime value of education from character development to academic achievement, and as Lincoln predicted, achievement, not character is now primarily valued in our government, institutions and culture.
The pygmy slow loris is primarily valued for the medicinal use of its hair, but it is also used to make bone glue of monkey, a medicine used mostly by local people, but sometimes sold to visitors.
For example, the calendula, grown today almost entirely for its bright orange flowers, was primarily valued for eating, for adding color to butter and cheese, for adding smoothness to soups and stews, and for all kinds of healing salves and preparations.
The Peery family paid about $460,000 in property tax on the parcel last year, reflecting primarily the value of the buildings, which were assessed at $38 million.
Salesforce is vulnerable to this attack because they primarily deliver value to sales management and operations.
AllianceBernstein Holding, primarily a value player, showed weakening performance numbers, and the market took note.
