Money has taken many forms over the years and in this post we will take a quick look at some of money’s history and key properties—completely explained with GIFs 🤑
Money is a medium of exchange to store and move value 🔄
Individuals trade their time and energy for money ⏱ 💪 ➡️ 💵
Then trade their money for consumables, experiences and assets. 💸 ➡️ ☕️ 🏟 🏡
Money has taken a few forms over the ages… 💸
Shells, beads, salt, cattle, silver & gold… 🐚🐮🧂
Historically, rare metals have been the most sound money 🥇🥈🥉
Today’s money is government controlled paper/digital tokens… 🏦
where they are regularly debased and manipulated. 📉📈
“Your” money is actually an artificial value that costs real time and energy to acquire… 🫠
