Man, you killed it with this post. So well written. Thank you!

Money is just fiction, a global delusion that everyone shares.

It's not there isn't a free lunch. The fact is, there isn't such a thing called money. Only human values.

I see money as a ledger. That's all it is and that's how it started. It's how we keep track of who is providing value to other human beings, who owes us something and who we owe something to. The blockchain is the best ledger ever invented, so it's the best form of money ever invented.

It's true, money is a "delusion", but the ledger concept is not. If I want to interact with others in a way that rewards me for my efforts and recognizes the efforts of others, a ledger system seems to be the best way to do that accurately. Money is how we track human values. If a better system existed, I'd gladly use it. Unfortunately, money and economics in general relies on a concept of scarcity. If something isn't scarce, it isn't valued. Try going without air for 5 minutes and see how much you actually value it. Scarcity isn't the best yardstick for figuring out what we truly value. A clean environment, sustainability, travel to and sustained colonies on other planets to avoid existential risks, etc... these are things, I'm hoping, we'll come to value more as a species.