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My favorite was this: "A game without someone to play it is hardly a game, and it’s only because of our players that our games have meaning and a life of their
by yourad_io 4y ago
My favorite was this:
"A game without someone to play it is hardly a game, and it’s only because of our players that our games have meaning and a life of their own."
- ianai 4y ago(Money works on a similar principle. Only has meaning when used in commerce.)
- lukaslalinsky 4y agoI think it would be fair to say that money is also a game. You need to play the game to survive in this world, but it's a game and there are many ways to play it.
- eru 4y agoDepends. If you have a fiduciary money, it has some meaning even when not used in commerce. Fiduciary money is basically when your note say 'the issuer promises to give the bearer X on request', where X can be a cow or certain amount of gold or some other base currency. Without commerce, this kind of money essentially degenerates into a voucher. But vouchers have some (minimal) meaning, even without being used in commerce.
- remram 4y agoRedeeming that token for goods or services looks a lot like commerce.
- eru 4y agoWell, if you widen your definition of commerce enough: yes. But to be honest, money that changes hands often looks a lot more 'commerce-y' to me than money that just sits in a drawer until it is redeemed once.
- remram 4y agoFrom a global perspective maybe, from the spender's perspective any currency can only be spent once. Whether you obtain a car by spending your bill or obtain gold by redeeming your bill... you gave your bill in exchange for the good.
- eru 4y agoThat's an interesting perspective to consider. From an individuals perspective, there's a difference between letting my money sit under my mattress or letting it accumulate interest in an account. I can only spend it once in the end, but the money did different things for me while I was still waiting and deciding.