rich1.0Rune Østgård (npub1sv…tsrw4)https://yabu.me/npub1sv4zk080fvt4f3982u5kffzdkex3nm0kylky29um2xws5h4wsxvswtsrw4njumphttps://yabu.meI'll try to add some thoughts to a previous statement, when I wrote that our belief system is the foundation, layer zero, of civilization, while money is its cornerstone, layer one. The viewpoint I use here is anthropologist in its nature. I choose to use this as a starting point, since understanding money as a concept IMO should be based on a much broader analysis than for instance engineering or economics. The reason why I think money is so important for civilization is because money makes it possible - to transfer economic value quickly and over long distance - to preserve economic value over long periods of time - to give more options to participants in the game called "the generous tit for tat" - to have voluntary exchange with strangers because it takes trust out of the equation. - to quantify and calculate costs and interest - to make exponentially better use of our individual and differing talents on the basis of specialization - to make exponentially better use of those traits that separates us from other species, and most notably our appreciation of time preference - to incentivize peaceful cooperation and disincentivize coercion, violence and war - to capitalize on and unleash the value of private property - to give gifts to those who need them, without having to identify what they need most - to punish criminals in a humane way that focuses on compensating the victim - to let people build on their exchange in trade to alson include exchange of values, knowledge and culture In fact, I'm not able to wrap my mind around how a society can build something like a city without some form of efficient money. Am I missing something in my list above? Did this post trigger any ideas? Feel free to let us know your thoughts, they are important to us.