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🌸 Is Today’s Monetary System Dehumanizing Us? Let’s Talk About It!
In our latest reading club discussion, we dove into Chapter 4 of The Hidden Cost of Money by sebbunney (npub1tm2…lpna) and it sparked some powerful conversations about how money shapes not just our wallets, but who we are as people.
We talked about how today’s system is pushing us from long-term thinkers into short-term survivors, where we're forced to focus on meeting basic needs rather than striving for higher goals like creativity, community support, and personal growth. This shift is all about time preference—we’re more focused on the present because the future feels so uncertain.
One member shared a story about her family’s work in a factory, where corporate quotas are so impossible that managers feel forced to manipulate data just to avoid the backlash.
Another member brought up the monetization of caregiving, where she’s paid by the government to care for her mother. It’s a helpful program, but we wondered: Is turning caregiving into a transaction taking away from its humanity?
We also touched on how many young people today are choosing not to have children because of concerns about the future—whether it’s financial insecurity or fears about climate change.
💬 Does any of this resonate with you? If you’ve been feeling the pressure to meet impossible targets, the weight of financial uncertainty, or concerns about the future, join our reading club! We’re diving into these topics to better understand how we can navigate today’s challenges—together.
hashtag#FinancialLiteracy hashtag#WomenEmpowerment hashtag#Bitcoin hashtag#Monetization
In our latest reading club discussion, we dove into Chapter 4 of The Hidden Cost of Money by sebbunney (npub1tm2…lpna) and it sparked some powerful conversations about how money shapes not just our wallets, but who we are as people.
We talked about how today’s system is pushing us from long-term thinkers into short-term survivors, where we're forced to focus on meeting basic needs rather than striving for higher goals like creativity, community support, and personal growth. This shift is all about time preference—we’re more focused on the present because the future feels so uncertain.
One member shared a story about her family’s work in a factory, where corporate quotas are so impossible that managers feel forced to manipulate data just to avoid the backlash.
Another member brought up the monetization of caregiving, where she’s paid by the government to care for her mother. It’s a helpful program, but we wondered: Is turning caregiving into a transaction taking away from its humanity?
We also touched on how many young people today are choosing not to have children because of concerns about the future—whether it’s financial insecurity or fears about climate change.
💬 Does any of this resonate with you? If you’ve been feeling the pressure to meet impossible targets, the weight of financial uncertainty, or concerns about the future, join our reading club! We’re diving into these topics to better understand how we can navigate today’s challenges—together.
hashtag#FinancialLiteracy hashtag#WomenEmpowerment hashtag#Bitcoin hashtag#Monetization