{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Jeff Swann wrote","author_name":"Jeff Swann (npub1aj…ftppj)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1ajv7m32k0cpgzha32qszsh304qusjvwwmavus0ttktzldms4xzusuftppj","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"That's like saying it's unnatural for every interaction to take place over a computer, when no one is saying every interaction should take place via a computer. Money is a technology for scaling interactions between people who don't know each other, and prices efficiently communicate changing economic conditions.\n\nNo one is saying you shouldn't lend your neighbor a tool or a cooking ingredient if you want to do that. But people who want all economic transactions to be part of a \"gift economy\" where money doesn't exist, or some other such nonsense, are generally either idiots or parasites, often both."}