Nog and Great Material Continuum

[Gagarin]

In one episode, Nog and Jake make trades (the self-sealing stembolt episode) and Nog keeps saying "I want latinum!".

But in 'River', Nog makes trades and talks about The Great Material Continuum. What gives?

 

[Deranged Nasat]

In one episode, Nog and Jake make trades (the self-sealing stembolt episode) and Nog keeps saying "I want latinum!".

But in 'River', Nog makes trades and talks about The Great Material Continuum. What gives?

Wasn't the "stembolt" episode season one? Nog grew and changed a lot between seasons one and seven. He was an underachieving adolescent growing into an upstanding young adult. I assume his perspectives shifted a bit, and among them greater understanding of his own traditions and culture. Especially as he's not just "a Ferengi" now, but "the Ferengi". The first to bring his people's unique worldviews into the Federation community. I can easily accept an attitude of "I want results now" giving way to an appreciation for the process of trade, exchange and measured risk, not just the profit that results.

 

[Eric Cheung]

But the weird thing is that Jake teaches Nog about the economics of bartering, and then learns the same lesson later from Nog. My problem has less to do with Nog learning between then and In the Cards, than it has to do with Jake forgetting such a fundamental lesson.

The ecoNogmics subplots were usually pretty fun anyway.