They just evolved and ended up reflecting whatever the power structure and the collective unconscious of the corresponding societies projected onto them. This time, we have the opportunity to do it differently. We know enough about money and the collective unconscious to open conversations about the available options. Conscious choice in money systems at all levels global, national, corporate, grass-roots or individual - may well be the most powerful leverage point for determining whether or not the opportunities of the Information Age will produce Sustainable Abundance or some other outcome. The consequences to society of the dominance of various types of currencies created by different actors are explored in the next chapter.
CHAPTER 4 Five Scenarios for the Future 'Never has humanity combined so much power with so much disorder, so much anxiety with so many playthings, so much knowledge with so much uncertainty.’ -Paul Valery
'In writing scenarios, we spin myths - old and new – that will be important in the future.'
-Peter Schwartz