{"id":266287,"date":"2020-08-18T08:20:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T15:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=266287"},"modified":"2020-08-18T11:41:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:41:22","slug":"eric-kim-philosophy-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/18\/eric-kim-philosophy-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"ERIC KIM PHILOSOPHY OF MONEY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is money? Some of my philosophical thoughts on money:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Money as codified trust between human beings <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Money ain&#8217;t a &#8216;real&#8217; thing. It is simply a tool to facilitate trust and transfer of resources, tool, and things between human beings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, let us say I like to eat meat. I can transfer a $1 dollar US bill to someone for 1 pound of pork. I then can eat my (very delicious) meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/CANRcLEZ?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/27\/what-i-eat-3\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"247369\">What I Eat<\/a> (16 eggs, 8 beef hamburger patties)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly speaking, let us say I want to build a house. I can give money to people to help me build the house. In this way, I am paying for their physical labor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/kMG7oIcT?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/10\/how-to-work-more\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"263511\">How to Work More<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/economics\/\">Economics by KIM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/29\/debt-is-the-devil\/\">Debt is the Devil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/16\/capitalism-is-cruel-2\/\">Capitalism is Cruel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/26\/in-praise-of-capitalism-and-consumerism\/\">In Praise of Capitalism and Consumerism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/26\/capitalism-as-the-road-to-tolerance\/\">Capitalism as the Road to Tolerance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/24\/digital-capitalism\/\">DIGITAL CAPITALISM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/19\/capitalism-2-0\/\">Capitalism 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/10\/in-praise-of-capitalism\/\">In Praise of Capitalism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/06\/creative-capitalism\/\">CREATIVE CAPITALISM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/29\/zen-capitalism\/\">ZEN CAPITALISM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/21\/universal-basic-income\/\">Universal Basic Income<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is money? 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