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[-] rafoix@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 year ago

What if money was just called hours?

Difficult jobs are worth more hours than easy jobs and require more specialized skills. If the specific skill is not part of the repertoire then the job will be exceptionally difficult and/or impossible.

[-] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 1 year ago

There were some experiments where currency was actually denominated in hours, usually as part of a co-op system where you were literally trading for hours of labour.

I think the most famous one was in Ithaca, NY.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

would love to read more about this

That one was called the Ithaca HOUR. I learned about the Cincinnati Time Store, which was maybe the first one, on a podcast that I cannot find now. So I'm somewhat useless but there are some names to search at least!

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

But an hour waiting on an email shouldn't be the same as an hour of heavy lifting

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 19 points 1 year ago
[-] Odo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

In the not-too-distant future

You can't start a sentence with that and not expect me to get distracted thinking of a certain theme song.

[-] ogeist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

All Star by Smash Mouth?

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

was is somewhere in time and space? Or way down in deep-13?

[-] Bosht@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Honestly a face of mine. Acting is solid and storyline is like a dystopian Robin Hood almost.

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

This is a good one to show people to get them thinking about class consciousness.

[-] Mika@piefed.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Can't do that because hours are gods.

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