Alankrita Goswami

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messaging can be compared to the nervous system of a social organism, money can be compared to its circulatory system: it creates a network of links through which value can flow from place to place. A material good available in one place can pop up as a completely different material good in another place; only money can make this happen. Money emerges in any community where trade exists—which is every community.
The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection
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