A currency for the Anthropocene: de-ponzi-fying the future

Homo Sapiens has used stories and myths to progress. Throughout history, we have rallied around a singular cause that we believe is worth something and spontaneously managed to live in larger groups than 150 people[1]. As far as we know, only Homo Sapiens can talk about things it has never seen, touched, or smelled: religions, myths, legends, and fantasies. Language and the ability to share myths and stories allow Homo sapiens to collaborate in large numbers in extremely flexible ways. This separates Homo Sapiens from all other animals and since this…