Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Money makes the world go round.
This has been a much cited quoted by people who are i) in love with money, ii) need money desperately or iii) blinded by money. A more apt saying would be that 'money goes round the world' instead.
Money in today sense isn't really worth much as compared to decades ago. Previously, during the industrial age, money truly is the driving force of many people. But right now in today's information age, personal satisfaction is one of the key gains of people. And by personal satisfaction, I mean things that money can never ever buy or things that are no longer being able to be bought.
Can all the money in the world cure you of an incurable disease? You might spend all your money to invest in research and development of a new drug, but it does not translate to immediate results. Can money buy back a loved one who has unfortunately passed away? Needless to say, it's impossible. Can money salvage a broken relationship? If it can, the partner must be a materialistic person, and you're better off without him/her instead. Can money earn you respect? It is more likely people are respecting your money instead.
So money cannot really buy anything we want in the world. That is not to say money is not important. $10 to us may be a small sum, but to the eyes of a farmer living in poverty for his whole lifetime, that same $10 could be the ticket to freedom from poverty.
Likewise, as we get richer, there are more things that we want that may not necessarily be able to purchase with money alone. Not forgetting, as we get richer, the value of money becomes smaller and the things we want becomes larger.
思念是一种病 {9:34 am}
