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Re:Time is the only real currency we have by kator on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:37AM (#22977997)
The only currency you're born with is time. The rest are acquired by the application of time.
Re:Time is the only real currency we have by IggleSniggle on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:52AM (#22978101)
Really though? During that time, you occupy a space, and the spaces afforded you by the society you are born into define the constraints within which you can apply your time. That is, all of your "currency you are born with" is really "futures".

Even the time on Earth you are allotted at birth is constrained by the environment you are born into.

Re:Time is the only real currency we have by loco5niner on Monday April 27, 2020 @04:52PM (#22999906)
You also consume space to gain energy.
Re:Time is the only real currency we have by jandrese on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:44AM (#22978045)
Lots of people are born with wealth. In fact that biggest factor in how much wealth you have is how much you are born with.
Re:Time is the only real currency we have by seventytwo on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:53AM (#22978117)
It’s certainly the most valuable natural resource a person is born with, by far, but I’d argue there’s also technically space and energy there, too. The space a baby consumes is almost valueless, and the energy output is also (though thoughts of babies being harvested in The Matrix come to mind).
Re:Time is the only real currency we have by tdy721 on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:39AM (#22978432)
You haven’t seen a baby consume space in your significant others life? Guessing not a woman? That actually sacrifices personal space (breasts) for baby? They consume and change boobies, and mommies time! Man mommy rant </>
Re:Time is the only real currency we have by seventytwo on Saturday April 25, 2020 @12:08PM (#22979103)
Good point!
Re:Time is the only real currency we have by manmal on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:16AM (#22978237)
Energy - or rather, the ability to convert it between various forms, like food > kinetic energy - is also a currency that we are born with. If you have grown very old, even having a week on hand will not help you lift a sledge hammer.
Re:Time is the only real currency we have by contravariant on Saturday April 25, 2020 @12:44PM (#22979323)
Well, even that is not quite right. The amount of energy we can actually use is small relative to the total amount of available energy.

We're born with a relative lack of entropy, which is the only thing that allows us to do anything. Eventually we inevitably return to equilibrium.

Re:Time is the only real currency we have by frostwhale on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:20AM (#22978270)
I'd say you're also born with energy if you're born with time.
Re:Time is the only real currency we have by kazagistar on Saturday April 25, 2020 @02:05PM (#22979926)
People are born with significant variance in other "currencies".
Re:Time is the only real currency we have by tdy721 on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:34AM (#22978389)
Spacetime is a better description, and it’s full of real estate. Mammals at least are born with a deed or a need for a boobie, or in big trouble. It’s all linked!