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For a long time, economic theory aspired to the elegance of Euclidean geometry, where all true statements can be derived from five apparently incontrovertible axioms, such as the notion that there is only one line that connects two points in space.

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I can, however, give you at least a taste of what I regard as the most powerful theory of beauty we yet have.

No, this theory comes from an expert on barnacles and worms and pigeon breeding, and you know who I mean: Charles Darwin.

It is, in theory, the global commons, belonging to us all.

And so, you tell them your theory and they say, "No, no, that's not the way consciousness is! No, you've got it all wrong."

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