Money, of course, has extensive history; we have had some sort of currency or trading system for eons. We started with the trading and bartering system and it has since evolved to the system we have today. I have often wondered what a world without money would be like, and just like a world without government, it wold undoubtedly become messy and disordered, and most of all, complicated. Even if we didn’t have the formal currency system we currently have, humans would find a way to replace that with another system.
Money is fairly simple. Bartering and trading is simple, and so is the other systems that have come after that to acquire things. It’s modern civilization that have made money complicated, through excessive spending, insane amounts of debt and a consumerism culture.
This blog has an interesting infographic about money, it’s origins, and it’s value (and why we value it). I’ve included it here below so you can check it out.
