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#### [[Money is something that is easy to imagine]]
[[Social order is built off of a shared belief in an imagined reality]] and money is shared belief that is very easy to spread.
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This doesn't mean that every conception of money is the same, or that money cannot be valued differently.
It is only when your run into
[[Barter economy is limited by speed of communication]]
that you start to look for a more universal solution.
Different culture's will land on different things,
but once trade starts, exchange rates are quickly established even when initial value metrics are off
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This also would lead to it's longevity
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**Status**:: #EVER/SPROUT
*edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022*
**Topics**:: [[money]], [[Imagined reality]], [[social construct]]
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