We do not even know what we do to ourselves with the use of money and dating back to the root of mankind, we set the standard for greed and corruption. We sought rewards for our trouble, an exchange of hands in the form of trading items or precious coins. Personally, I’ve always considered what the world would be like without money, if currency had never once existed. The human being reserves its traits of greed and an almost insatiable hunger for power, but considering the possibilities of a world without currency, would these traits not be so prominent in modern society? I am not asking for a Utopia, because only in a Utopia where mankind and society are perfect can we ask for such ideals.

Unfortunately, without currency, we would have still developed a mechanism of corruption. I have concluded, though, that it could not have been as deceitful as the never ending desire for money. For without money in this world, what do we become? The answer is evident, but put yourself in a world where it never existed and you’ll find that asking the same question would be entirely redundant.

All of this is ties into our own destruction, giving birth to the very thing that will one day haunt us. I am constantly questioning such things, and I cannot help but refer back to becoming self aware. The severity of doing so is the string from which we dangle, for becoming aware of our surroundings and what we can do to fight off this infirmity is the only thing that may preserve our existence for an extended period of time.