#5 If your life feels pressured, this could be why
I’ve just learnt something about money that is blowing my mind! I’ve been learning about the money system for a while now and about how credit and debt drive the economy - for example through this animated explanation by Ray Dalio . But the significance only began to dawn on me after talking to the amazing Helen Dew , an 85 year old Carterton resident, who’s a passionate advocate for alternative currencies. “People hardly ever question the nature of money,” she told Kim Hill in her recent interview on National Radio . “How did money get into the system? Where did it come from originally? You know! People don’t ask about that and it’s critical. It’s the central nervous system of everything we do and we don’t even ask questions about it. It’s like a fish. You ask a fish, ‘how’s the water? And the fish says “what water?” you know. We swim in it and we don’t understand the nature of it and how it all works and supports us.” “Money is the central nervous system of everything we do and we do...