<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post8860005295287743020..comments</id><updated>2007-06-16T15:04:01.704-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Deric Bownds' MindBlog: When Lots of Money Makes You Feel Rich</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/feeds/8860005295287743020/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/8860005295287743020/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2007/06/when-lots-of-money-makes-you-feel-rich.html'/><author><name>Deric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-3463076800549678748</id><published>2007-06-16T11:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-16T11:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gosh.  I think maybe this has more to do with the ...</title><content type='html'>Gosh.  I think maybe this has more to do with the enumerated currency scale with which they are accustomed to thinking.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If they lived day-to-day pondering the exciting things they could do with their paycheck, worrying about rent, etc., they'd become accustomed to thinking about fiscal matters with a certain numerical "range" of values.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Replace the values with different order-of-magnitude numbers, and I'll betcha they still hold onto their original valuation conception even when dealing with the new denominations.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/8860005295287743020/comments/default/3463076800549678748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/8860005295287743020/comments/default/3463076800549678748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2007/06/when-lots-of-money-makes-you-feel-rich.html?showComment=1182006600000#c3463076800549678748' title=''/><author><name>Scott</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15219524864697072404</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2007/06/when-lots-of-money-makes-you-feel-rich.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-8860005295287743020' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/posts/default/8860005295287743020' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>