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In physics, dimensionality makes sense. How would one handle money? Can it be represented the same way? A new dimension, next to length, time etc? It would allo

• dragonwriter 4y ago
  > How would one handle money? Can it be represented the same way? Any particular currency can be modelled simply as a single dimension; “money” more generally is more complex. You can either use a single currency of account, track exchange rates for other currencies with it over time, and convert other currencies into it based on the time applicable to the event, or you can track each currency as a separate domain and convert based on the applicable exchange rate for a particular purpose ad hoc based on the specific situation. (There’s probably other approaches that work, but those seem to be, in outline, the most obvious.)