Money as an illusion

in cryptocurrency •  8 years ago 

Love the thought on this.

"Money is a concept. To illustrate this point, the philosopher Alan Watts used the analogy of a carpenter who came to work one day and was told that they could not finish building the house he was working on because they had run out of inches. A carpenter builds out of lumber but measures the lumber in inches, but inches are not real; inches are a concept. Money is not real. it is a medium used to measure the value of things and to make it easier to trade in objects, labor, energy, and land." (Roger L. Ray, Progressive Faith and Practice, 2014)

"'Sorry chum, but you can't build today. No building can go on. We don't have enough inches.' […] That's exactly what happened when we had the depression, because money is something of the same order of reality as inches, grams, meters, pounds, or lines of latitude and longitude. It is an abstraction." -Alan Watts

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money is something that we all need, but isn't real. makes you think about what is real . for example commenting on this has some value and you get paid for it. mental isn't it

strange times we live in! (and strange beings we humans are)

well at least we are seeing the strange thing working for us.

agreed! what a time to be alive!

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Just to keep my head out of the clouds when I watch cryptocurrency videos/tutorials/top 5 picks on youtube, I generally remind myself every 5 minutes that I'm simply buying expensive stickers haha!

They say not to objectify people because you end up treating them badly. But what do you do to something with no object?

Neat post btw, how long you been in crypto?

STEEEEM OOON

truth! I been following crypto for a long time,, but waay more active starting early this year...

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As humans we are still primitive. We are still animals that are evolving slowly. The leader in a lions pack would be the lion with the strongest power which would have the best hunting skills, a crucial need for the survival of his pack.

Money are just representing our power on getting the basic needs for our survival, which is water, food and shelter. Having money would lead to a better social status and make us more attractive to the opposite sex, which essentially puts us in the leader position of our pack.

However, even now -that we are capable of getting the basic needs easier and with safety, we are being effected by the money someone possesses. We even chose the people that govern us based on the power they have-like we need them in order to hunt our food.

Looking forward to the development of humanity !!

Liked you article, keep on going !