The New Indra's Net

The last time we saw this was in about 1834 when the British, who of course led the world in money and accounting because of empire, had a system prior to that for a thousand years called tally sticks. And people miniaturize these sticks so they could carry them around and put them on their belt and the miniature version were called stocks. That's where we get the stock market from these little pieces of wood. They're still on display in Parliament in Britain.

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