Money is only a convenint means to an end, buying power for it's holder.

I've been saying this more often lately, maybe because I just noticed how important a point it is, or maybe because I'm seeing it more often. The quest for money is the quest for power.

But money is also a convention that allows better commerce than the barter system. It only has the value we collectively agree it has. We've divorced the yardstick by which we measure wealth (power) from the things it represents.

And some (many) people have allowed themselves to believe they want the money itself. I don't want money: I want the things money can buy.