Thought for the day

[kerravonsen]

Money is not real. It is a social construct. Chasing after riches is chasing an illusion.

Comments

[bktheirregular]

Corollary, perhaps: the origin of money was probably as a memory aid, a placeholder in exchanges of goods for goods, or goods for services.

In a barter economy where some of the bartered goods are volatile or perishable, the development of money is probably inevitable...

[temeres.livejournal.com]

You're confusing money (a medium of exchange) with wealth. Money might be a social construct but it's no less real for that, and very liberating if you've got nothing to barter.

My thought for the day: The richest person in the world is not the one who has the most, but the one who is most satisfied with the least.

[kerravonsen]

The richest person in the world is not the one who has the most, but the one who is most satisfied with the least.

I'd certainly agree with that.

[kerravonsen]

Money might be a social construct but it's no less real for that

It is if your society has broken down. You can't eat dollar bills. Money is nothing without a society to support it. Money is a prommisary note, nothing more. Pursuing money as if it has some intrinsic value of its own is foolishness. It isn't money that's valuable, it what you can buy with it that's valuable.
And what you can't buy with it that's more valuable still -- like people.