Abstractions

What is money? Money is a piece of paper or coin with specific markings on it, or it can also be defined as a number displayed on the smartphone. This is the raw experience of money and this is how babies would define money (if they could speak). Let’s ask the question again, what is money? Money is something we give to get things. I give money, I get chocolate. I give money, I get groceries....

June 6, 2026 · 6 min · 1199 words

Is it really the cause?

When I was around 13-14 years old, I remember having this very strong belief that money is the root of all evil. I also remember having very strong reasons for it. I used to often think, why don’t we ban money? Clearly, movies where rich people with a lot of black money were criminals had a lot of impact on me 😄. But that was not just the reason. I saw that people committed heinous crimes for money....

April 11, 2026 · 5 min · 1034 words