@onceuponatime, it would seem to me that money carries importance on a lot of different levels, from the individual to the "global." In this instance, I was mostly looking at how money interacts with us at the individual level... and how some seem to sacrifice what actually makes them feel content, happy and accomplished by pursuing money, almost like it were a "God like" commodity.

Based on your study and interest in the topic, I'd defer to your expertise in terms of what money "is;" speaking from individual experience, I can share that in my younger days I was more of an "insufferable jackass" because I was more inclined to pursue money as a "thing" that was an end... as opposed to now, where I am more likely to pursue things I feel passionate about, where money comes as more of a consequence of that pursuit.

On the larger scale, one of the things that made me interested in cryptos was this idea that perhaps it would be possible to shift the center of influence away from the corrupt war mongers towards something more... idealistic and equitable that might involve versions of lasting peace and prosperity. Maybe not in our lifetimes... but somewhere (decades? Centuries?) down the road.