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Which invention was a big mistake for humanity?

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Thevy29 · 41-45, M
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Thevy29 Best answer.
Theyitis · 36-40, M
@Thevy29 Really? We’re better off trading chickens for coats?
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Theyitis I don't see where you figure we're better off pretending bits of paper have value.
Theyitis · 36-40, M
@LordShadowfire Maybe I don’t have anything my neighbor wants at the moment. That’s what money is for. It’s something that has value no matter what. I use money to buy what I want from you, then you can then take that money and go buy something from someone else that you really do want. Money really just makes life easier.

The concentration of obscene amounts of money into just a few hands was not inevitable. Look at the Nordic countries. All we have to do, as Bertrand Russel once said, is set up a system where everyone has enough money but no one has too much. Then the desire for money, which is the primary cause of evil, won’t have much pull.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Theyitis Why not just share what we have with each other instead of creating this artificial system that basically amounts to video game points?