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    5 hours ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt:_The_First_5,000_Years

    I really like this book, and I think it’s relevant to this discussion. It talks about how the original currency in history was not money, but reputation and relationships.

    Once you scale out to the point where personal relationships are unsustainable, societies and history transition to something more material. Be it transactional barter, or what we think of is money today.