At the auction: "I bid my life for theirs!"

The point of this post is to share my thoughts within recent hours of how the actions of people set "value" in an extremely powerful way.

Example: Imagine that a knowledgeable art crowd is an auction. All feel that they have familiarized themselves with the pieces. Many note the odd ash tray and wonder whether it is a joke! When bidding begins on the items, the ash tray leads.

"I bid $1,000,000 on the ash tray," says a noted art expert. The crowd is electrified right? What is the enormous value of this that they overlooked?!?!??! The value of the ash tray just went from zero to millions!

Conversely, if the only bids on the astray were a few dollars then that is its value.

ALL WE ARE BIDDING SO FAR IS A FEW DOLLARS ON DARFUR.

ERIC REEVE OF SMITH COLLEGE IN THE FACE OF LEUKEMIA IS BIDDING HIS LIFE. I AM TRYING TO DO THE SAME... TRYING TO BID UP THE VALUE OF DARFUR LIVES.