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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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Posts and discussion about the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Hugo Award-winning author Zach Weinersmith (and related works)

https://www.smbc-comics.com/

https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith

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New comics posted whenever they get posted on the site, and old comics posted every day until we catch up in a decade or so

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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2003-05-09

Alt textThat and all the dead people, but they're not as vocal.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt:_The_First_5,000_Years

I really like this book, and I think it's relevant to this discussion. It talks about how the original currency in history was not money, but reputation and relationships.

Once you scale out to the point where personal relationships are unsustainable, societies and history transition to something more material. Be it transactional barter, or what we think of is money today.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I appreciate the recommendation! Tyvm.