Right, but it doesn’t matter whether I’m closer than others (positional good) but whether I’m close enough that I can easily get between them (absolute good). If the world were a chessboard and only one person could live on each square then these would be the same, and it would turn into a positional good because of competition for desirable locations. But it isn’t, and we can build up enormously, which means lots of people can have a short commute and be near their friends.
What exactly do you think “things” are, if not your friends and your work?
Everyone wants to be close to their friends and their work; that’s precisely the “gravity” that moses was talking about.
Right, but it doesn’t matter whether I’m closer than others (positional good) but whether I’m close enough that I can easily get between them (absolute good). If the world were a chessboard and only one person could live on each square then these would be the same, and it would turn into a positional good because of competition for desirable locations. But it isn’t, and we can build up enormously, which means lots of people can have a short commute and be near their friends.