A friend forwarded this quote to me, which rings true:
“Money is like an iron ring we’ve put through our noses. We’ve forgotten that we designed it, and it’s now leading us around. I think it’s time to figure out where we want to go – in my opinion toward sustainability and community – and then design a money system that gets us there.”
— Bernard Lietaer Interview with Yes! Magazine: Beyond Greed & Scarcity
This squares nicely with something I have been saying about systems in general: “the hand should shape the tool, and not the other way around.”
But let’s take that one step further and say this:
“The hand shapes the tool, the tool shapes the work, the work shapes the soul.”
And the soul … what does that shape? Please leave your comments; ask your friends, too.
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