Emotional Currency
Hidden Brain
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What's the Origin of Barter?
In the highlands of new guinea, people used a big shell to mark relationships. If i give you this big shell thing, then that implies for us, but also for everyone around us, that we have a bond. It signifies to everyone around us that we have these ties of enduring obligation and responsibility. So there's a problem with the story, and the problem is that it runs into some facts.
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