• Seraph@fedia.io
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      20 days ago

      Only once there’s no longer a profit in keeping us alive.

      So we’ve got a couple good years left in us!

    • _NoName_@lemmy.ml
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      20 days ago

      I’ll take it one step further: currency was a bad idea that turned resource allocation into a number-go-up game.

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        19 days ago

        Disagree. Currency allowed the flourishing of civilization. You can’t effectively trade between cultures or at long distances on the barter system.

        What we’ve done with currency since then, yeah, maybe we’re on the same side there. But currency, created as an abstract for value, was a great invention. Civilization as we know it would not have been possible without it.

        Though, now that I mention that… maybe civilization “as we know it” isn’t so hot after all.

        Don’t you love when you end up talking yourself out of your own argument?