Attenborough and the bees

J.L., one of my colleagues at the Libertarian Fleas Society (meeting of Spanish libertarians in London) posts the following Facebook status:

 

“David Attenborough moment: in the cross of wardour St. with Sheraton St., there is a beehive in a traffic sign post. Bees are piled up around it while people take pics. The wonders of nature.”

 

Comments that followed:

 

Borjabrela: “And the wonders of the Market! (without which bees could exist, but Attenborough as a model wouldn’t.)”

 

J.L.: “Yes and no. Markets and biological behaviours share some principles.”

 

Borjabrela: “Please clarify: yes to what? And no to what?

 

J.L.: “NO: Bees and Mr. Attenborough exist thanks to previous “markets” where they evolved. YES: The Wonders of the Market!”

 

Borjabrela: “Not entirely sure. As I understand the markets as systems of voluntary relationships and transactions, I wouldn’t apply this term to Nature’s evolution, which, in my opinion, has no will (and hence can perform no voluntary acts), but follows certain rules set in stone (such as the Principles of Thermodynamics or the Basic Forces of Nature) sprinkled with azar”.

 

Please feel free to contribute with your opinion.

 

Love and freedom.