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01 MAR 1995
It's all stories
[Rosie] It's all stories, all one big story. That's what holds us together, keeps things going. A good story goes round the world. And the best stories are the funniest. So if you said the spiritual economy was a big joke you'd be about right.

I mean, you get rich by inventing your own money, right? And if you come out on top you're saved. These are in the articles of faith, and I'm not making this up now. So the whole thing is a joke, which makes it the most fun thing to come along in ages.

Also, if humor is the driving value of the spiritual economy, then it's an economy run by jokers, and anything can happen. Whenever you see a story, you have to decide for yourself whether it is fact or fiction. Also its status may change. There is no official version of the rules.

But if you write or distribute funny stories you can't go wrong. You're dealing top dollar in the spiritual economy. You'll go far.

Humor is the supreme value of the spiritual economy. That's in the articles of faith also. So what about love and kindness and trust and all that? OK, but they don't travel well. Most people won't stand still for that stuff, but they'll let you make 'em laugh.
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