Quantum Money (3)
Was invented, long time ago, by a famous neapolitan comedy writer, Eduardo
De Filippo (see: Il Sindaco di Rione Sanità). It is a sort of virtual
superposition of debts and credits. In his famous comedy no one gets real
money Š
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'What is 'real money'?' is a better question. Define it. Essentially,
anything that acts like money is money, there is no such thing as
'unreal money', because money in and of itself is merely a symbol.
Anything that is functionally the same as that symbol is, in fact, that
symbol.
Michael S. Lorrey
I agree. Even that famous comedy by Eduardo De Filippo supports Your
argument. The Mayor of the Rione Sanità (a quarter, in Naples) acts as a
go-between. If you have difficult credits with someone ... the Mayor (a very
honourable man) fulfils those obligations ... by means of some *proper*
money. But sometimes this *proper* money is ... nothing at all. Wasn't your
past behaviour so good ? The honouroble Major counts your bucks in the air
and you get nothing in your pocket!
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