i really like this value rigidity concept. any of you idiots even google it?
“....the most striking example of value rigidity I can think of is the South Indian Monkey Trap. The Trap consists of a hollowed out coconut chained to a stake. The coconut has some rice inside inside which can be grabbed through a small hole. The hole is big enough so that the monkey hand can go in, but too small for his fist with rice in it to come out. The monkey reaches in and is suddenly trapped - by nothing more than his own value rigidity. He cannot revalue the rice. He cannot see that freedom without rice is more valuable thancapture with it..”