Break up

Bethany broke up with me today.

World with no money

What do you think about a world with no money?

Most people would think about money as those piece of paper and those coins in their wallet. Some could think about money as those numbers stored in their banks and those ups and downs from their stocks.

But aren't they nothing more than piece of papers and numbers? What makes gold and diamonds so valuable if they are metal and stone? They are rare to find, indeed, but what would one like to do with them, other than tools? Jewelry?

If there were no money in the past, we wouldn't really have the development we had so far. And money still motivates people to do things, since with no money, you can't really buy food, clothes, houses... But at out development stage, can't we develope only for the good that development brings?

Would people be lazy to such a point we would live in a complete chaos or that we wouldn't really have people working in farms to give everyone food? Well, if americans were able to live before europeans came to American, I see no reason for us to survive either, with all the technology we have.

And more than that, Incans were a developed civilization. Did they have the idea of money?

Leaders would replace bosses. Imagine that when you go to work, you are in the place you actually want to be, and more than that, that you find people that actually like to be where they are. And if there is already a lot of people doing the work you would like to do? Well, you could just lead them. And what if there is also a lot of leaders? You could research on how to be a better leader and teach them.

Would exist crime? What crimes?

If one murder someone, why would they do it? But once done, what would happen to that person?

How would be the diplomacy between countries? And in the neighbourhood?

Would people needs be satisfied?

There is also the psychological stuff, like how would one get motivated, and the drugs stuff.

These are mostly things we can't really know until we live in a world with no money.

There is so many things to think that I think it's not an exercise I could do by myself, but with more people thinking together.

But I really wonder what would it be like in practice!

Eu Te Desejo (Barão Vermelho)

Eu te desejo não parar tão cedo
pois toda idade tem prazer e medo

E com os que eram feios o bastante
que você consiga ser tolerante

Quando você ficar triste que seja por um dia
e não o ano inteiro

Que você descubra que rir é bom
mas rir de tudo é desespero

Desejo que você tenha a quem amar
e quando estiver bem cansado
ainda exista amor pra recomeçar
pra recomeçar

Eu te desejo muitos amigos
mas que em um você possa confiar

E que tenha até inimigos pra você não deixar de duvidar

Quando você ficar triste que seja por um dia e não o ano inteiro

Que você descubra que rir é bom
mas rir de tudo é desespero

Desejo que você tenha a quem amar
e quando estiver bem cansado
ainda exista amor pra recomeçar
pra recomeçar

Eu desejo que você ganhe dineiro pois é preciso viver também
E que você diga a ele pelo menos uma vez quem é mesmo o dono de quem