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ar81 · 08-16-2008, 05:19 AM

Some years ago an online player in China had some virtual goods stolen by another player. The victim of the theft went to the home of the thieve and killed him. It sounds absurd to kill for a virtual good.

But economy is no different.

Today we use credit cards, money transfers, coupons, etc.
We do not se physical money anymore.
This money is called "quasimoney" or virtual money.

If your bank account says you have $1 you have too little, but if it reads $1,000,000,000,000 you think are rich. The only difference is that a number changed in a database of the bank. A number in a database is just a magnetic signal stored on a disk, it is not real money.

So how "materialistic" is the game of money?

People kill for money, a virtual money, and they are called mercs.
1/3 of world population live in starvation because they have less that $2 a day. Money is virtual, but the effects of human action based on that game are real, just like the murder of an online player in China.

We criticize videogames, but we play the largest videogame of all. This videogame is called economy. We live and die, work and spend our lives for it. People die of starvation because of it.

Greedy people want another zero in their account, to make $10 to become $100 and so on until they can't count the zeros, but it means it is money that could cause starvation to someone.

How long will it take for people to realize that economy is like a videogame? It is like making a score in Pacman. When we die, God will not ask us if we made a high score in videogame of economy. They will ask us how much good we did to the world.

The amount of money you have is a score in a database of a bank.

It is when you fell sorry about those poor greedy people. They spent their lives making money ina virtual videogame, a worldwide videogame that ruins the lives of millions of people.

08-16-2008, 05:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
ar81 Family Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,756	Economy is a videogame Some years ago an online player in China had some virtual goods stolen by another player. The victim of the theft went to the home of the thieve and killed him. It sounds absurd to kill for a virtual good. But economy is no different. Today we use credit cards, money transfers, coupons, etc. We do not se physical money anymore. This money is called "quasimoney" or virtual money. If your bank account says you have $1 you have too little, but if it reads $1,000,000,000,000 you think are rich. The only difference is that a number changed in a database of the bank. A number in a database is just a magnetic signal stored on a disk, it is not real money. So how "materialistic" is the game of money? People kill for money, a virtual money, and they are called mercs. 1/3 of world population live in starvation because they have less that $2 a day. Money is virtual, but the effects of human action based on that game are real, just like the murder of an online player in China. We criticize videogames, but we play the largest videogame of all. This videogame is called economy. We live and die, work and spend our lives for it. People die of starvation because of it. Greedy people want another zero in their account, to make $10 to become $100 and so on until they can't count the zeros, but it means it is money that could cause starvation to someone. How long will it take for people to realize that economy is like a videogame? It is like making a score in Pacman. When we die, God will not ask us if we made a high score in videogame of economy. They will ask us how much good we did to the world. The amount of money you have is a score in a database of a bank. It is when you fell sorry about those poor greedy people. They spent their lives making money ina virtual videogame, a worldwide videogame that ruins the lives of millions of people.