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money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised.
because whereas religion asks us to believe in something, money asks us to believe that other people believe in something.
in fact, religion has been the third great unifier of humankind, alongside money and empires.
The real test of ‘knowledge’ is not whether it is true, but whether it empowers us.
The king of England might enrich himself, but only by robbing the king of France. You could cut the pie in many different ways, but it never got any bigger. That’s why many cultures concluded that making bundles of money was sinful.
