For example, as a child, you wanted to learn things, so you did labor such as figuring out how to read, and you were paid in knowledge. Another example: as an adult, you have probably tried to think of something comforting to say to someone grieving a loved one's death, for no pay at all. I posit that if you had to live in a world where, starting tomorrow, you will never see a child learn anything, and nobody will care how you feel if your loved ones die; you would prefer going without everything you've ever paid money for.

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I get that. I think I just didn't fully comprehend your last bit about valuable things not ever being paid for in money, but Satoshi wasn't trying to fix these non-economic activities, which are mostly outside the purview of what the elites can control. So everything that can be transacted between market participants. 7+7+7 seems more arbitrary, but maybe there's some Satoshi jackpot reference I've never heard about.
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