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Re:“I can't stop comparing everything to Black Mirror” by tripzilch on Thursday January 01, 2015 @12:50PM (#8823588)
> Money is a social construct, and therefore not materially real. If all human beings disappeared tomorrow dollars/merits/etc. would cease to have real-world efficacy.

But so would couches. Without humans they're just ... things, without any implied use of being sat on.

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Re:“I can't stop comparing everything to Black Mirror” by Evolved on Thursday January 01, 2015 @03:26PM (#8824156)
I think he means not necessarily that it's a social construct but that it is intrinsically valueless and serves no purpose without human existance whereas a couch could be used for at least some other purpose than sitting on.
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