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    (everything required to understand money I think)
    (slight additions - not enough about time concepts, see spacetime DTD)
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    *[[commodity]] as services - a good backed by standard contracts, trade empire
    *[[commodity]] as services - a good backed by standard contracts, trade empire
    *[[cost]] only calculable through risk, until you know what is done
    *[[cost]] only calculable through risk, until you know what is done
    *[[dignity]] implies care
    *[[credit]]
    *[[debt]] pays back predictably from unpredictable real-life process
    *[[dignity]] defined only in terms of care
    *[[done]] as legal concept
    *[[done]] as legal concept
    *[[ecology]] of Earth  
    *[[ecology]] of Earth  
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    **[[standard of deferred payment]]
    **[[standard of deferred payment]]
    *[[person]] is not always human:  could be ape, corporation.  legal concept
    *[[person]] is not always human:  could be ape, corporation.  legal concept
    *[[price]] implies expected quality
    *[[quality]] as in quality of life
    *[[regret]] measurable
    *[[regret]] measurable
    *[[resource]] includes waste
    *[[resource]] includes waste
    *[[right]] vs. right, as ordered by ethics
    *[[risk]] only basis of cost, defined as regret in the future looking back?
    *[[risk]] only basis of cost, defined as regret in the future looking back?
    *[[service]] includes things states do, e.g. regulate markets, tax, set standards
    *[[service]] includes things states do, e.g. regulate markets, tax, set standards
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    *[[trust]]
    *[[trust]]
    *[[truth]] - see examples [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=truth of definitions of scope of truth] and see if [[Consumerium]] takes one position and if so how can it be defined in a dictionary generally
    *[[truth]] - see examples [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=truth of definitions of scope of truth] and see if [[Consumerium]] takes one position and if so how can it be defined in a dictionary generally
    *[[value]] to, and of, life
    *[[values]]
    *[[waste]] as resource
    *[[waste]] as resource
    *[[wealth]] as at least mentioning freedom, well-being, health, illth
    *[[wealth]] as at least mentioning freedom, well-being, health, illth
    *[[well]] as root of "wealth"
    *[[well]] as root of "wealth"
    *[[well-being]]
    *[[well-being]]
    *[[wrong]] vs. right, as settled by morality


    ''First discussion of these was in [[Talk:urban ecology]] - discuss in [[Talk:glossary]] from now on.  ''
    ''First discussion of these was in [[Talk:urban ecology]] - discuss in [[Talk:glossary]] from now on.  ''

    Revision as of 07:04, 5 May 2003

    The Consumerium glossary is those terms which must be understood or broadened or narrowed in the Wiktionary to enable Consumerium's mission. In general this requires three types of terminology shift:

    • adding terms that the general public does not yet know, e.g. ecoregion
    • narrowing terms that are usually understood too locally, e.g. "safe"
    • broadening terms that have many different ways to define, e.g. "fair"

    In addition it might be necessary to simply fix definitions of terms that are wrong, e.g. "done" or "person", most people simply do not understand that legal and moral definitions of these can vary widely and drastically.

    The preliminary list of terms to ensure are defined correctly and compatibly in all languages, without all of which Consumerium makes no sense or can't work:

    First discussion of these was in Talk:urban ecology - discuss in Talk:glossary from now on.