The idea that higher wages necessarily lead to fewer jobs is too simplistic.
In auctions, the rules determine the outcome as much as the bidders' strategies.
Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.
The work is about presence and absence.
The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used.