The Genius of Money_Blog#2

In the chapter 13 of the book “The Genius of Money”, the author mentions money and the modern mind.

“It gathers about itself mythology, shadows, and power; and fear and greed seem to be ascendant driving forces everywhere”

“That money seems so invested with power and control arises partially as a consequence of the fact that it is minted and issued by one central authority….”

I totally agree with what the author says. I have seen that money control the human. There are a lot of examples around the world about the money controlling people. Basically, the human created the money in order to make transaction easier. However, it seems that the money controls people. Although the money represents the method of transaction, it sometimes stands for the greed. The reason is that some people who want to get money do whatever it takes even committing fraud or killing people. What happened with the money has taken places from a long time ago even when people don’t use money (paper currency) for transactions. We should look carefully about the definition of money. I know it is difficult to solve fundamental problems of the money. However, we at least try not to be slaves of the money.