We may speak of the quality of the air we breathe, but what we actually dialog about are the component elements and compounds of air measured as particulates of matter carried about by it even though we use words like; sweet, warm, damp, salty, humid, musty, fowl, fragrant, rank or fresh to communicate our personal and shared experience of air.

Values for the weight of those particulates are expressed in the effect that they have on our bodies and environment because there is no commodity market for used sulfur dioxide.  In specific instances, the weigh of the impact by particulates upon us is so great that their existence can be converted into monetary values… both real and projected.

Isn’t it curious that an idea may only have value if it is shared like the air? And that sharing must have velocity to assure that the idea’s transmission is received by such significant numbers of minds as to be repeated without contamination of errant particulates in order for the author to be justly credited with the original thought?

Original ideas are not unlike the wind impacting us like zephyrs, breezes, tornadoes, gales, hurricanes and vortexes. Forces of emotional and intellectual thought so profound as to have sufficient weight to be expressed monetarily – or haven’t you downloaded a song lately? Did the words and music not have velocity – moving you to think, feel or dance?

So then, is the weight of a thought expressed by the demand of consumers to have access to it, or by the impact it has upon them or by the advertiser willing to pay for the privilege underwriting the publishing and distribution of the thought?

Or – could it be that an original thought has an intrinsic valuation – published or not – copyright protected or not.  Might it not be more appropriate to value a thought on the weight of its impact?