anyone dealing with money should understand that the systems of coordination centered around money constitute the short-tail of all such systems. the conclusion

anyone dealing with money should understand that the systems of coordination centered around money constitute the short-tail of all such systems. the conclusion of this piece leads me to believe the author understands this intuitively, but just hasn't put that into words yet. to lament that the long-tail of culture and production is supported via the long-tail of social/coordination systems is to lament that the long-tail is pervasive.