It was around 3:00 a.m. on a thursday night when my friend Trey turned from the T.V. and looked at me with awe on his face. “Dude.” he took a long pause, “I just figured out the answer to everything.” I was a bit confused and suprised by the randomness of his apparent realization, but I was intreagued, “Um, you did? What is it?” “Just because. Thats the answer to everything, just because.” He then proceeded to tell me how any question could be traced back to the answer “just because”. Why do people have jobs? Why do we watch movies? Why do people like to ride roller coasters? “Ask me anything and I can trace it back to the answer just because.” he said. We debated the topic for an hour or two and he had me convinced that it was the answer to
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Money is essentially worthless unless it is commonly sought after, which it is. Everybody, save maybe a few indigenous tribes of indians who barter with other things that they value, values money. Since all citizens of the United States values the U.S. Currency it makes it valueble to all Americans. American dollars can be transferred to any other form of money so therefore American dollars have value everywhere in the world because almost all societies have a monetary system similar to ours. But all forms of money are basically worthless if we don 't all agree on the worth. If the worlds economy were to collapse it is unlikely that you could trade a farmer a twenty dollar bill for some corn to feed your family. Money 's only value is it 's transferability. Money is the easiest, most convenient way to get the necessitys of life. It is not the only way, just the easiest way. People dont want to raise their own livestock, grow their own crops, make their own clothes, and build their own shelters. Instead of having to do all those things they can just get a job doing one thing that they get paid money for. They can in turn use that money to trade for all the necessities for life. The widely accepted value of money makes it transferable and that makes it valueble to people …show more content…
Ask somebody why they want to make more money and they will tell you it 's because they can buy stuff with money. Ask them why they can buy stuff with money and most cannot give a good reason. “Money is valueble” most will say, but nobody really realizes why. It 's valuable “just because.” Money is literally valuable because we think it is. Everything is valuable because we think it is. Why do gold and diamonds have such high value? Because they are shiny? Because they are asthetically pleasing? There is no real reason to value those qualities and paper money doesn 't even possess qaulities that are “desireable” like shiny and strong. So if money and material objects don 't have any objective value, and the reason for doing things is money and material objects, then the only reason for wanting money and doing things for money is “just
Money is essentially worthless unless it is commonly sought after, which it is. Everybody, save maybe a few indigenous tribes of indians who barter with other things that they value, values money. Since all citizens of the United States values the U.S. Currency it makes it valueble to all Americans. American dollars can be transferred to any other form of money so therefore American dollars have value everywhere in the world because almost all societies have a monetary system similar to ours. But all forms of money are basically worthless if we don 't all agree on the worth. If the worlds economy were to collapse it is unlikely that you could trade a farmer a twenty dollar bill for some corn to feed your family. Money 's only value is it 's transferability. Money is the easiest, most convenient way to get the necessitys of life. It is not the only way, just the easiest way. People dont want to raise their own livestock, grow their own crops, make their own clothes, and build their own shelters. Instead of having to do all those things they can just get a job doing one thing that they get paid money for. They can in turn use that money to trade for all the necessities for life. The widely accepted value of money makes it transferable and that makes it valueble to people …show more content…
Ask somebody why they want to make more money and they will tell you it 's because they can buy stuff with money. Ask them why they can buy stuff with money and most cannot give a good reason. “Money is valueble” most will say, but nobody really realizes why. It 's valuable “just because.” Money is literally valuable because we think it is. Everything is valuable because we think it is. Why do gold and diamonds have such high value? Because they are shiny? Because they are asthetically pleasing? There is no real reason to value those qualities and paper money doesn 't even possess qaulities that are “desireable” like shiny and strong. So if money and material objects don 't have any objective value, and the reason for doing things is money and material objects, then the only reason for wanting money and doing things for money is “just