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That in music, ‘counterpoint’ is used in the sense of a melody being played with another melody, that together they harmonise" [comment by maroonblzer in news.ycombinator] “Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt is a 1926 book by the Nobel prize-winning chemist Frederick Soddy. In this book Soddy points out the fundamental difference between real wealth (consumables such as buildings, equipment, energy, food) and virtual wealth, in the form of money and debt....