A 400-year timeline of failed attempts to fix a lethal bug in the human software of inherited concepts
This article explores a recurring conceptual bug in human cognition, termed "effective chrono-lucropia" (ECL), which leads to flawed perceptions due to outdated concepts about the value of money. It traces historical attempts to address this issue, starting with Sir Henry Spelman in 1626, who noted the disconnect between historical legal punishments for theft and the drastically altered value of money over time. Later figures like Sir William Petty and Bishop Fleetwood also highlighted the instability of money as a measure of value, with Fleetwood's work leading to a rule change at Oxford University. AI