Value could also be tied to duration

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Conventional value is what one associates with use, usefulness, meaning, something that means something to someone. We live in a world where value is ambient because so much is disposable, disposed of, of little or no duration. Much that we buy does not last, is not built to last, is disposable. I am not sure whether we should value duration or go with the flow of disposable, recycling, letting time determine use. We build value as replacement. We build brands around models. The language of our culture is the language of transience, of momentary excitement, of destruction, of acceptable destruction. When I say value could be tied to duration I am thinking of qualities that make things worth keeping, worth valuing, central. This seems to a a minimalist and subjective thing. Fewer things. More duration.

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When a value is ontological

When a value is ontological it is built into the very fabric of whatever destiny we deduce or infer the universe to have. Thus a realistic philosophy will - in my declension of it - assign being to the one we call by many names but who refused to give a name to Moses. Jesus's name for this one is Abba. And to say that a value is ontological is to argue that it's reality permeates the universe, and also that - because it is an ascription of worth and because we have an element of free will - we must activate this value within us for it to begin to take effect.
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