enchiridion on Nostr: As Yuval Harari would understand if he had ever picked up an anthropological ...

As Yuval Harari would understand if he had ever picked up an anthropological textbook, money is always and everywhere only a technological means of social coordination necessary in situations where individuals are unable to fully trust their peers. A community whose members have implicit shared trust can safely rely on gift exchange and institutions such as pot latch as a safe means of coordinating their energy and have no use of money as a technology.