alt Hacker NewsPeople literally work their lives for that representation. It’s not the value itself but it’s a way to store and transfer certain kinds of value.
People literally work their lives for that representation. It’s not the value itself but it’s a way to store and transfer certain kinds of value.
It's a way to represent that value. The number does not itself store the value, nor does changing the number transfer the value.
It's true that people work hard for that representation, because we've built systems where the link between the representation and the underlying value is quite strong, but it is still just a number at the end of the day.