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The Hierarchy of Money

23 points gwgundersen 1 hour ago 6 comments

hypfer 31 minutes ago | parent

I feel like this is either AI-generated or severely lacks context.

There might be a point in there, but it might also just be paragraphs of text with little structure joined together.

What's the narrative? What does this want to tell me? And why?

Something like an opening header block with 2-5 sentences would go a long way.

RivieraKid 16 minutes ago | parent

I just copy-paste the text and ask AI to summarize for 90% of articles I see on HN. One of the most time-saving uses of AI.

hypfer 14 minutes ago | parent

That answers the what, but not the why. The why however I'd argue is a lot more interesting.

Also, you can often derive the what if you know the why and just follow the thread and map it out.

stymaar 29 minutes ago | parent

> The villagers are tired of bartering

Come on… It's been known for more than a century that bartering has never been the default mean of exchange among humans, can we kill this myth eventually?!

compiler-guy 13 minutes ago | parent

This is obviously not an attempt at anything remotely resembling documentary history. It’s more of a just so story explaining what problem each step solved.

Unless of course one thinks that smooth gray stones from a riverbed two miles away reflects some historically significant point in money’s evolution.

markvdb 24 minutes ago | parent

The part where the bat wielding despot required payment using the money of his issue was left out.