Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as…

Wendell Berry
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Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money. The giving of money has thus become our characteristic virtue. But to give is not to do. The money is given in lieu of action, thought, care, time. ✨ Wendell Berry (2015). The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture, p.27, Counterpoint
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