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The only currency you're born with is time. The rest are acquired by the application of time.
by kator 6y ago
The only currency you're born with is time. The rest are acquired by the application of time.
- jandrese 6y agoLots of people are born with wealth. In fact that biggest factor in how much wealth you have is how much you are born with.
- IggleSniggle 6y agoReally though? During that time, you occupy a space, and the spaces afforded you by the society you are born into define the constraints within which you can apply your time. That is, all of your "currency you are born with" is really "futures". Even the time on Earth you are allotted at birth is constrained by the environment you are born into.
- loco5niner 6y agoYou also consume space to gain energy.
- seventytwo 6y agoIt’s certainly the most valuable natural resource a person is born with, by far, but I’d argue there’s also technically space and energy there, too. The space a baby consumes is almost valueless, and the energy output is also (though thoughts of babies being harvested in The Matrix come to mind).
- tdy721 6y agoYou haven’t seen a baby consume space in your significant others life? Guessing not a woman? That actually sacrifices personal space (breasts) for baby? They consume and change boobies, and mommies time! Man mommy rant </>
- seventytwo 6y agoGood point!
- manmal 6y agoEnergy - or rather, the ability to convert it between various forms, like food > kinetic energy - is also a currency that we are born with. If you have grown very old, even having a week on hand will not help you lift a sledge hammer.
- contravariant 6y agoWell, even that is not quite right. The amount of energy we can actually use is small relative to the total amount of available energy. We're born with a relative lack of entropy, which is the only thing that allows us to do anything. Eventually we inevitably return to equilibrium.
- frostwhale 6y agoI'd say you're also born with energy if you're born with time.
- tdy721 6y agoSpacetime is a better description, and it’s full of real estate. Mammals at least are born with a deed or a need for a boobie, or in big trouble. It’s all linked!
- kazagistar 6y agoPeople are born with significant variance in other "currencies".