To me, money is nothing more than a system of trust in an otherwise untrustworthy group of people. You have money, therefore I know you have forwarded the human race in some way and will give you goods. While we could eventually move to another system of trust (like actual trust), I don't think we're anywhere close to removing money any time soon. More to come tonight.
Money is trust, yes. Common currency is a symbol of common trust. I hope trust can survive becoming commodified in the form of B.B.-8 tokens and infinity stones. Look back to localized bank keys in old west, various French currencies pre-King Francois’ ‘unification’ of the country, and current EUro system. Look at the nerd culture normalization going on. Isn’t our common trust now in ‘the Mouse’? Only in a globalized and/or multicultural society is money a system of trust in the otherwise untrustworthy.
Opps Money as token of common trust. Very little common trust exists in a global market, especially when that global market has microcosms within the various populations, which butt up against each other and causes social instabilities. One way to maintain order is to ‘build’ a common trust - commodified culture is one such method; well known franchises (TV, comics, games, music..) with relatable and recognizable characters/tropes/artists offer a common language, a common cultural touchstone, a common market for pockets of potentially untrusting individuals to come together (and a quite profitable one). Another way is to monkey with currencies and identity - the Euro switch in the late 90s was just that kind of manufactured homogeneity.
With Forge being down, I took it upon myself to try and finally make an actual map in Unreal. Went for something super simple and it still is not done but all this was done today.
THE BIGGEST TRICK OF THE DEVIL IS MAKING YOU BELIEVE HE DOESN'T EXIST GOD IS REAL AND GOD IS GOOD GOD PROGRAMMED THIS UNIVERSE AND THE DEVIL IS A BUG IN THE CODE HE HAS NO POWER OVER ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOUR THOUGHT - AND THOUGHT IS THE ULTIMATE DIMENSION THOUGHT IS OUR GOD GIVEN IMAGINATION, AND LOOK HOW THE DEVIL HAS CORRUPTED HUMANITY BY INFILTRATING IT, MAKING US SLAVES TO IT THERE IS HELL ON THIS EARTH AND IT'S THE WAR FOR YOUR THOUGHTS THE DEVIL IS YOUR THOUGHTS BUT GOD'S GRACE - HIS LOVE AND HIS GIFT OF LIFE THAT WE DO NOT DESERVE FOR BEING BORN INTO THE DEVIL'S IMPURE SIN - IS OURS TO RECEIVE WE DO NOT NEED TO EARN GRACE - WE JUST NEED TO ACCEPT IT THE DEVIL MAKES THIS UNNECESSARILY COMPLEX BUT GOD IS SIMPLE ACCEPT HIS LOVE, BELIEVE IN HIS SON, RECEIVE HIS PROMISE OF LIFE, AND YOU WILL GAIN THE CODE TO UNDERSTAND HIS WORD, RENEW YOUR MIND, AND SPREAD LIFE TO THOSE AROUND YOU GOD'S GRACE GIVES YOU METACOGNITION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS, GENTLY EXCUSE THEM AWAY, AND CONTINUE LIVING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT IF YOU ARE TEMPTED TO SIN - AND YOU WILL BE BECAUSE THE BODY IS OF THE SINFUL WORLD - YOU ARE ALREADY FORGIVEN BUT LOL SPACE MAN IN THE SKY WHY DOES HE LET SICK CHILDREN DIE WHY ARE THERE BILLIONS OF PLANETS BUT ONLY PEOPLE ON ONE LOL RELIGION IS A SHAM YEA, RELIGION IS A SHAM BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU BELIEVE GOD LET'S THINGS HAPPEN, OR THAT YOU NEED TO JUST BE A GOOD PERSON, OR EARN GOD'S LOVE, OR THAT GOD IS ALWAYS JUDGING NO, GOD IS GOOD. HIS GREATEST GIFT IS THE GIFT OF FREE WILL AND HUMANITY IS USING IT EXACTLY AS INTENDED. WHAT WAS NOT INTENDED WAS SIN, WHICH HAS CORRUPTED IT. YES, THERE WILL BE A TIME FOR JUDGEMENT WHEN YOU ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW YOU LIVED AFTER HEARING THE GOOD NEWS AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOD IS SIMPLE BELIEVE IN HIS SON, RECEIVE YOUR HEALING, SHED YOUR OLD WAY OF THINKING, BE REBORN IN CHRIST, AND FOLLOW HIM, AND LIVE LIKE HIM NO YOU DON'T NEED TO SELL ALL YOUR THINGS. BUT YOUR LIFE SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT YOUR THINGS, IT SHOULD BE ABOUT THE KINGDOM LEAD PEOPLE TO THE KINGDOM BAND TOGETHER AND FIGHT AGAINST SIN - THE IMPURITY OF THE WORLD THAT CAUSES THOSE CALAMATIES SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS - THAT THERE IS SALVATION THIS IS NOT YOUR ONLY LIFE - DO NOT BUILD YOUR KINGDOM HERE ON AN IMPERFECT EARTH. DO NOT BUILD YOUR CASTLE OUT OF SAND WHEN THE TIDE IS RISING. AND THE TIDE IS RISING. THE DEVIL IS BUSY, BUT GOD HAS A PLAN. THIS WORLD WILL BE REMADE. IT MIGHT BE TOMORROW. IT MIGHT BE IN A THOUSAND YEARS. IT MIGHT BE IN 4 BILLION YEARS. OUR CONCEPT OF TIME DOES NOT APPLY TO GOD - WE CANNOT EVEN FATHOM WHAT WAS BEFORE THE BEGINNING, THUS WE SEEK TO LIMIT IT TO OUR UNDERSTANDING. YET ALL THROUGHOUT HISTORY WE HAVE HELD TRUE TO INEXPIABLE THINGS - THAT THE UNIVERSE CAN BRING THINGS TOGETHER IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. WHAT IS SO MYSTERIOUS? IT IS EXACTLY AS DESIGNED ASIDE FROM SIN IN WHICH THE DEVIL REIGNS. I LITERALLY JUST CHANGED ONE THOUGHT TODAY AND I FIXED SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR MONTHS I COULD NOT FIX IT ON MY OWN BECAUSE I AM IMPERFECT AND SIN BROKE IT BUT I HUMBLED MYSELF AND OPERATED IN GOD'S GRACE. I FOR ONE AM TIRED OF RUNNING AWAY FROM THE TRUTH - THAT THERE IS AN ENEMY AND HUMANITY IS NOT DESIGNED TO FIGHT IT ON OUR OWN EQUIP YOURSELF WITH GOD. GIVE VALUE AND LIFE TO THOSE AROUND YOU AS GOD HAS GIVEN LIFE TO YOU. YOU DO NOT NEED TO EARN IT. YOUR SOUL WAS ALREADY CREATED BY GOD, BUT IT WAS NOT CREATED FOR THIS WORLD. YES, YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE IN THIS WORLD, BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, AND FEEL CONVICTION FOR THE SINS THAT GRIEVE THE HEART OF GOD. AND GOD MAY CALL YOU TO A HIGHER PURPOSE THAN THE LIFE YOU HAVE LIMITED YOURSELF TO. BUT GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR SOUL NO SIN IS GREATER THAN GOD. NO THOUGHT IS GREATER THAN GOD. NO LIE IS GREATER THAN GOD. NO PAIN IS GREATER THAN GOD. THE WORLD GIVES INTO SIN, INTO PERVERSIONS THAT VOID THE WARRANTY OF OUR HUMANITY AND ISOLATE US FROM GOD BUT WHEN YOU KNOW GOD AND KNOW WHAT LIES AFTER THIS TEMPORAL WORLD, YOU WILL LIVE YOUR LIFE FOR ETERNAL REWARDS, NOT TEMPORARY PLEASURES. THE DEVIL CAN ONLY SATISFY THE FLESH, BUT HE CANNOT FULFILL YOUR SOUL. I GENUINELY HOPE NON BELIEVERS, BELIEVERS OF FALSE RELIGIONS, AND THE LUKEWARM COME INTO AN ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST AND RECEIVE THE GOOD NEWS. BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE HEARD IT AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING AND SEEKING OUT THE TRUTH AND GOD'S WORD. AND AS A PERSONAL NOTE, THE DEVIL IS THE REASON I AM UNABLE TO FINISH THINGS. HE IS CONVINCED ME THAT I AM UNABLE AND UNWORTHY. THAT I CANNOT PRODUCE. THIS HAS CREATED A CYCLE OF SHAME AND I HAVE BECOME ADDICTED TO THAT SHAME. BUT GOD CREATED ME WITH AN IMAGINATION AND BLESSED ME WITH AN INTELLIGENCE THAT ALLOWS ME TO PERCEIVE THE ENEMY. WITH THIS, I GENTLY CAST ASIDE HIS NEGATIVE OPINIONS OF ME AND DECLARE THAT I AM AN AUTHOR DIVINELY APPOINTED TO LEAD AND INSPIRE THOSE AROUND ME IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. I DID NOT EARN THIS AND I DO NOT DESERVE IT, BUT I RECEIVE IT AND I WILL HOLD AUTHORITY OVER IT. THE ENEMY WILL NO LONGER STEAL MY TALENT BECAUSE HE NO LONGER HAS DOMINION OVER MY THOUGHTS. NO LONGER WILL I TOIL AWAY AT MY CRAFT WONDERING IF IT IS GOOD ENOUGH. DOUBT IS OF THE ENEMY. FEAR IS OF THE ENEMY. THOSE THOUGHTS WILL ALWAYS BE THERE, BUT GOD'S GRACE CAN TURN THE VOLUME DOWN. THERE IS NO SHAME IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD. THERE IS ONLY JOY AND LIFE. YOU SERVE A MASTER. IF IT IS NOT GOD, IT IS THE WORLD, AND THIS WORLD BELONGS TO SATAN
I kept telling you bro, you are just too insecure. It might also be the people you surround yourself with and look up to. It's okay if your maps arn't perfect. Make God your idol and please him, don't worry about what others say.