Why do we focus solely on this one aspect of life?

  • kevincox@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    A lot of cultures ended up with effective currencies. Whether that was grains of rice or chickens there ended up a small number of items that had a well understood value and ended up being the default item of trade, not because the receiver needed those items but because they were known to be easily exchanged with others.