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_{"Are you alive?"}

_"Barely."

_{"Tell me."}

_{"He's right. It's what I feared: Once you have what you desire, once you}

_{get it, I'm no longer of use; the desire becomes a possession. Money,}

_{too, is rendered useless. Our uses are exhausted."}

_{"Just in the one moment."}

_{"But it's in that moment where we find peace and happiness."}

_"Bliss."

_{"The thing I can't imagine."}

_{"Perhaps we should settle with happiness."}

_{"That would keep me alive; I can chase happiness forever."}

_{"Although it would mean settling on the fact that we'd never truly be ful-}

_filled."

_{"I imagine that's how most people go through life, and in some way}

_{money just placates."}

_{"It's sometimes an unconscious pathway of want that leads to hopes,}

_{dreams, desires."}

_{"Unconscious because, even though those things may be in our minds,}

_{sometimes they are aren't fully realized."}

_{"But I imagine it's consciousness—realization—where we'll find peace and}

_{happiness, a merging between you and me."}

_{"I agree, so that money is actually the physical manifestation of all those}

_{hopes, wants, dreams, desires—after needs, of course."}

_{"However, money is a part of me too. It may be invisible here, but it's still}

_{here, that concept."}

_{"You said it, 'a concept.' You are predisposed to imagining things a certain}

_{way, even if I don't necessarily act on those things. Sure, money}

_{is a part of you, but it's only a conceptual part of you."}

_{"Still, you even say that money is becoming more and more of a concept}

_{than a physical thing. So, more and more I am able to exert my control}

_{over it. And more and more, the things that define me are extant}

_money."

_{"I assume you are speaking of morality, ethics, societal virtues."}

_{"I imagine that's what I meant. See, there's a barrier I can't seem to envisage}

_{when we move from my ideals to the actuality of things."}

_{"Images, actions, situations, and so on?"}

_"Yes."

_{"Because you are limitless and the world is finite. We can't squeeze everything}

_{you imagine into this real world; hence, your existence. Because}

_{money is finite, our purchasing power and actions are limited as well.}

_{Money to a degree controls our freedom, remember."}

_{"Does that mean money impinges on our moral code?"}

_{"Yes, I think we touched on that. Money allows our individuality, our}

_{moral code, if you will, to become more apparent to the outside}

_{world. We have more physical things, even if it's just digits at the}

_{bank, that reflect who we really are."}

_{"Then I imagine we are more easily judged."}

_{"Yes, that too. And until now, only a select few have been privy or subject}

_{to that judgment, depending upon how you look at the situation."}

_{"I imagine that will change, so you must as well."}

_{"Yes, soon I believe we'll just be trading with our morality. The transcendental}

_{barrier between you and the physical world—the barrier which}

_{money serves as well—is getting thinner and thinner as technology}

_{presents us with the capability to acquire at will, or according to}

_{willpower, less so inhibited by money."}

_{"Physical money, as we've seen, is dwindling. Our data, our moral codes,}

_{equate to creditworthiness. Ergo, our ability to exert our will without}

_{constraint—our bodyforth—is enabled by technology."}

_{"You'll have to explain that again."}

_{"I plan to."}

_"When?"

_{"In the next section. There, we leave God and the physical world behind.}

_{There, we'll explore the future of money and how our will and our}

_{code of ethics are all we'll need to conduct trade or commerce in the}

_future."

_{"And me?"}

_{"You'll be everything you can imagine—or nothing at all."}