Who invented money?

• Dead_Man_Inc

  26 Jan 07, 01:35

  Without it, will this world be a better place to live in?
• Hogzilla

  26 Jan 07, 01:38

  Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:

  Without it, will this world be a better place to live in?

  Then you have to live with barter trade lor.
• freedom4ever

  26 Jan 07, 01:41

  Originally posted by Hogzilla:

  Then you have to live with barter trade lor.

  wah. you still awake.
• Xephone_xenon

  26 Jan 07, 01:44

  Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:

  Without it, will this world be a better place to live in?

  Then how to you determine what resources/items/gadgets should be split to who? Coin toss?
  Without money = Chaos
• Dead_Man_Inc

  26 Jan 07, 01:53

  Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:

  Then how to you determine what resources/items/gadgets should be split to who? Coin toss?
  Without money = Chaos

  Ancient time, throw stones and fires
• Darkness_hacker99

  26 Jan 07, 01:59

  China invented the money
• Ignatiaus

  26 Jan 07, 02:23

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  China invented the money

  You also said WW2 got M16
  
  China did not invent money
  
  The use of proto-money may date back to at least 100,000 B.C.[1]. Trading in red ochre is attested in Swaziland
  
  Basically the first forms of money came from Africa
• ShutterBug

  26 Jan 07, 05:52

  
  Personally, I feel that our human weaknesses are hard-wired into all of us.
  
  Hence, whether money existed or not, we will still find cause for war and killing because of GREED.
  
  No difference.
• Darkness_hacker99

  26 Jan 07, 06:50

  Originally posted by Ignatiaus:

  You also said WW2 got M16
  
  China did not invent money
  
  The use of proto-money may date back to at least 100,000 B.C.[1]. Trading in red ochre is attested in Swaziland
  
  Basically the first forms of money came from Africa

  I think I'm getting old
• ProudlySingaporean

  26 Jan 07, 08:06

  Originally posted by Ignatiaus:

  You also said WW2 got M16
  
  China did not invent money
  
  The use of proto-money may date back to at least 100,000 B.C.[1]. Trading in red ochre is attested in Swaziland
  
  Basically the first forms of money came from Africa

  true...but china came out with notes first right?
• Darkness_hacker99

  26 Jan 07, 08:13

  Originally posted by ProudlySingaporean:

  true...but china came out with notes first right?

  ya notes. I read in my english textbook
• january

  26 Jan 07, 10:11

  Originally posted by ShutterBug:

  Personally, I feel that our human weaknesses are hard-wired into all of us.
  
  Hence, whether money existed or not, we will still find cause for war and killing because of GREED.
  
  No difference.

  agree. there is no way people would say, hey money would create problem and lets all not use money...
  
• banzie

  26 Jan 07, 10:31

  even penguin has their own currency... pebbles..
• sand king

  26 Jan 07, 11:34

  people invented money out of greed lol i think....
• Ito_^

  26 Jan 07, 11:36

  if without money.. in geylang..
  
  "oooh handsome one night 2 sheeps only"
  
  
• snop_coolz

  26 Jan 07, 12:25

  if like that singapore sure die..comfirm plus iso 9001
• SGpork

  26 Jan 07, 12:46

  no
  
  
• Cystaire

  26 Jan 07, 14:42

  Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:

  Without it, will this world be a better place to live in?

  No.
  
  One of the posters is right, without the concept of money, we will have to barter trade.
  
  If you want to eliminate trade, then everyone will have to build their own huts, and dig their own wells and toilets (hopefully not too near).
  
  You will to collect your own medicinal herbs and food, sew your own clothes, make your own shoes and catch your own farm animals.
  
  Money is one of the cornerstones of our modern existence. It has pros and cons like everything else, and has a dose-dependent benefit like everything else.