> On the other hand, in a real emergency, or if order were to break down,
> cash becomes a worthless piece of paper.  After all money is completely
> artificial.  But we need it because we have attached value to it as a
> world, and so we need to have it.

And that is why I have a box full of gold, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
in my bedroom.  Hardest stuff of value there is, but it's not terribly
liquid.  It would be if there were some kind of government-shaking
catastrophe though.  Go ahead, call me paranoid.

Daniel


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