What is above money?

[DarkRange55]

People kill for money. They slave away for it. They give up their health, abandon their families. What is above money? God? Love? Freedom?

 

[sserafim]

Freedom

 

[DarkRange55]

Freedom

For you personally or for society? Because societally money still seems to be on top

 

[sserafim]

For you personally or for society? Because societally money still seems to be on top

For me personally, but usually, money buys freedom (financial freedom). I'm a NEET right now though so I have freedom (from work, independence and responsibilities)

 

[DarkRange55]

For me personally, but usually, money buys freedom. I'm a NEET right now though so I have freedom (from work and responsibilities)

But do you think money is the only key to freedom or just one of them?

 

[sserafim]

But do you think money is the only key to freedom or just one of them?

Money is the key to financial freedom

 

[DarkRange55]

Money is the key to financial freedom

Yeah, I think freedom takes different forms

 

[sserafim]

Yeah, I think freedom takes different forms

Money is also the key to financial independence. Honestly, the whole world runs on money

 

[DarkRange55]

Money is also the key to financial independence. Honestly, the whole world runs on money

So then what is above money?

 

[soulkitty]

Kindness

 

[sserafim]

So then what is above money?

Prestige? I'd take a more prestigious job over one that pays me a higher salary

 

[DarkRange55]

Prestige? I'd take a more prestigious job over one that pays me a higher salary

You know I was actually listening to a talk by a neuroscientist recently about the role status plays in societal structures and interactions…

 

[sserafim]

Yeah, I think freedom takes different forms

How so? What are the different kinds of freedom?

You know I was actually listening to a talk by a neuroscientist recently about the role status plays in societal structures and interactions…

What did he say?

 

[SoulCage]

I think Money is a tool for something that I see on the top: fulfilling desires.
You don't always need money to be satisfied. For example for sexual desires you could use money, but also without. Desire for fame and glory could be achieved through skills.
Our desires (and instincts) are above everything else in my opinion.

 

[untothedepths]

Nothing, because the people who are on top put millions of lives on the line for it and can somehow still sleep at night. My own real answer would be a bunch of great qualities every human should have but I don't live in that timeline.

 

[Alexei_Kirillov]

Cliché answer: love

 

[sserafim]

I think Money is a tool for something that I see on the top: fulfilling desires.
You don't always need money to be satisfied. For example for sexual desires you could use money, but also without. Desire for fame and glory could be achieved through skills.
Our desires (and instincts) are above everything else in my opinion.

I think that status and prestige are the most important. They're on the top of the pyramid, I think. Everyone wants to be successful

 

[SoulCage]

I think that status and prestige are the most important. They're on the top of the pyramid, I think. Everyone wants to be successful

I thought about what you said and can neither agree or deny.. I know someone who is a doctor in mathematics and basically works for the university to study... "hardcore" math stuff. She is not well off (at age of 37 still at her mum's place and doesn't own anything of worth) and never bragged to me about what she was doing. But then you know... I don't know if she likes it >only< for the curiosity or because she wants the attention from other mathematicians? Idk what goes on in her head. But I would say, her desire to satisfy her curiosity is greater than achieving status/prestige.

 

[Dark Moon]

For me it's God, I know it's unpopular around here and people don't believe him and thinks it's a brainwashing cult; but I'm sticking with my religion until I die since I was baptized, even Chris Tucker rejected 12 million dollars for God.

Money is nice it gives freedom but outside of necissity's it just buys pleasures, luxury items and status symbols. I choose God.

I'm still choosing to CTB however.

 

[Meteora]

I think it depends on a person's values. There is no universal answer, I guess.
Ethics is above money. But I can only say that bc I m financially "safe" (living wage but I m ok with that). If I had no bread I d probably flout the ethics. Don t know.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Time.

Time is the ultimate immutable, inescapable force that comes for us all. Even money is powerless against the passage of time since time just causes money to lose its value.

Money can't stop time no matter how much you have. The only way to manipulate time is to fudge relativity on a personal scale.

I would wager that entropy is on the same branch. Decay comes for literally everything no matter how long it takes.

Time can even destroy happiness and love by eventually leading to boredom.

 

[sserafim]

Time.

Time is the ultimate immutable, inescapable force that comes for us all. Even money is powerless against the passage of time since time just causes money to lose its value.

Money can't stop time no matter how much you have. The only way to manipulate time is to fudge relativity on a personal scale.

I would wager that entropy is on the same branch. Decay comes for literally everything no matter how long it takes.

Time can even destroy happiness and love by eventually leading to boredom.

I was also going to say time. Time is money but money can't buy time. There's a Chinese quote that "time is money, efficiency is life." There's also this proverb: "An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold."

 

[thenamingofcats]

knowledge

 

[Unknown21]

I don't think there is anything above money in this world.

 

[SmallKoy]

On a scale greater than individual, I'd say money is above all. We are run by money, even if you think you aren't.

Time.

Time is the ultimate immutable, inescapable force that comes for us all. Even money is powerless against the passage of time since time just causes money to lose its value.

Money can't stop time no matter how much you have. The only way to manipulate time is to fudge relativity on a personal scale.

I would wager that entropy is on the same branch. Decay comes for literally everything no matter how long it takes.

Time can even destroy happiness and love by eventually leading to boredom.

Perhaps in the future, money could buy time.

 

[botanist_dude]

Nothing. Money is the single most important thing in the world. I am a financially failed man and that's the reason i will CTB. If you have money, you won life. That's it. Specially if you are a man (don't want to sound misogynistic, sorry if I do), but being a middle aged man, money is all expected from you. It if kills you so be it, but you HAVE to get money somehow, that's the only thing that gives value to a man.

 

[sserafim]

Perhaps in the future, money could buy time.

How so?

 

[SmallKoy]

How so?

Not sure, I left it deliberately ambiguous. Something along the lines of more anti aging developments.

 

[sserafim]

Something along the lines of more anti aging developments.

That's what I was thinking lol

 

[Alex Fermentopathy]

Health. I know, people more or less trade their health for money during working, sometimes in obvious way, but there is a limit to how much a reasonable man would do it.