[b0z0]

If you think about it, it's amazing what we're valuing at billions of dollars these days. Twitter, $4 billion? That's for a lot of lines of code, and, sure, some server infrastructure, etc. that will be obsolete in the next few years. The same goes for Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, almost any Silicon Valley startup we can name. Just a bunch of lines of code, not really solving any problems. But it makes money, and that's what people care about.

[danhak]

The value of the companies you mention doesn't come from the code. It comes from people's attention.

That said, I'm not sure I disagree with your point.

[k_os]

I totally agree, that said think about gold.. just a bunch of atoms that reflect light in such a way that our brain computes it into a 'shining' image..