Money is a smarter form of barter. It is a communication tool that allows us to match asks with offers, without needing to swap needs. Money is not a physical thing that does work. It is a placeholder. A story that sits on top of reality to help us make sense of things. To smooth. To spark. To support. It is up to us to look through the story to see what is fundamentally happening. To make things that matter happen. Money should be durable. If you sell something for money, it must still be usable when you find the thing you want. It should be portable. Easier than carrying a belligerent goat to market. It should be uniform and stable in value, so that we trust it. Money itself is not an investment. It is a place holder or a buffer for doing things of value. A blunt tool to count things that cannot be counted, by finding two people who think the number makes sense. The fuzzy value is less than the ask, and more than the offer. If we had smart money, it would be able to understand people and their asks and offers. Like smart cars being able to talk to each other to avoid traffic jams and keep people moving efficiently without dying because they are distracted. Smart money would keep us all moving with strength, flexibility, and control.
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