What is money?
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Money has a different meaning, to different kind of humans.
For normal human beings: a commodity for survival (means to buy food, shelter, clothing, cure to deceases, etc.).
For ambitious human beings: money is a commodity to fulfill ambitions, goals, desires, desire to be great, desire to stand aside in a socio-economic status, etc.
For human beings who study finance, economics: it is a "medium of exchange", key aspect of modern day economy, a motivation to move a human being or his thoughts from point A to point B, etc.
For human beings who study philosophy:
a pursuit of happiness, a drug which sometimes tricks the mind to achieve unnecessary ambitions by any means possible, etc.
For human beings who study computer science and data: it is a number made by binary codes (0,1), which can be printed by respective authorities with the use of computers, a journey towards infinity with the addition of each digit on the right side, etc.
For human beings who don't have friends and family: a patch to fix loneliness in life, a purpose to live, a replacement to actual human beings with the help of mobile phones, gadgets, other material things, etc.
For human beings in scarcity of money: a first desire to be met, with a lot of desires waiting once it is met, a commodity worth doing hustle today, to achieve fruits in future, a commodity to provide relief to parents who worked very hard for it, to raise us, etc.
For human beings in abundance of money: a treasure to guard and protect from intangible (inflation) and tangible (competitor human beings), a responsibility and commitment, so that it does not file divorce papers :), etc.
For human beings like saints: an illusion of value, a sin if used against any animal including humans, a boon if used for the good of every animal, etc.
For mother nature: a non-living tangible form like other forms of matter, or just an intangible electrical signal which flips 0 to 1 or 1 to 0, etc.
For all animals except human beings: a paper which I cannot eat with a photo I cannot recognize, a bank balance I cannot check because I don't know how to use a computer, a commodity which could result in my killing for consumption, etc.
Money is a vague term only limited to perception and understanding.
Money has a different meaning, to different kind of humans.
For normal human beings: a commodity for survival (means to buy food, shelter, clothing, cure to deceases, etc.).
For ambitious human beings: money is a commodity to fulfill ambitions, goals, desires, desire to be great, desire to stand aside in a socio-economic status, etc.
For human beings who study finance, economics: it is a "medium of exchange", key aspect of modern day economy, a motivation to move a human being or his thoughts from point A to point B, etc.
For human beings who study philosophy:
a pursuit of happiness, a drug which sometimes tricks the mind to achieve unnecessary ambitions by any means possible, etc.
For human beings who study computer science and data: it is a number made by binary codes (0,1), which can be printed by respective authorities with the use of computers, a journey towards infinity with the addition of each digit on the right side, etc.
For human beings who don't have friends and family: a patch to fix loneliness in life, a purpose to live, a replacement to actual human beings with the help of mobile phones, gadgets, other material things, etc.
For human beings in scarcity of money: a first desire to be met, with a lot of desires waiting once it is met, a commodity worth doing hustle today, to achieve fruits in future, a commodity to provide relief to parents who worked very hard for it, to raise us, etc.
For human beings in abundance of money: a treasure to guard and protect from intangible (inflation) and tangible (competitor human beings), a responsibility and commitment, so that it does not file divorce papers :), etc.
For human beings like saints: an illusion of value, a sin if used against any animal including humans, a boon if used for the good of every animal, etc.
For mother nature: a non-living tangible form like other forms of matter, or just an intangible electrical signal which flips 0 to 1 or 1 to 0, etc.
For all animals except human beings: a paper which I cannot eat with a photo I cannot recognize, a bank balance I cannot check because I don't know how to use a computer, a commodity which could result in my killing for consumption, etc.
Money is a vague term only limited to perception and understanding.
Note
The title of this idea wasn't very specific, it should've "my understanding of money". You can find definitions and meaning of money from academia as well as other sources. Understanding of any subject depends on thinking, personality, state of mind, personal interests, academic qualifications, etc.
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