do we really need a money system?

[magellan]

96. Of course people will still have to work

But it wouldn't be work in the sense of having to do it to survive. You wouldn't need to grow more food than you need, or even what you need for yourself, though you could work in farming if that's what you enjoyed. All kinds of people are motivated to get out bed in the morning because they love what they do, not for the paycheck. Farmers, doctors, researchers, teachers, etc...all necessary components of a thriving civilization who do what they do because it fulfills them. And that's the key.

There will always be people who are happy to find new and more progressive ways to grow food, cure disease, get from A to B, and yes even clean up. They go into those fields now, despite the cost, because they want to make a difference, not to make money. How many more would join them if they could access an education in the required discipline? How much better off would we all be for the untapped potential and ideas out there?

Maybe I can see the possibilities in the OP more clearly because money has never meant much to me; I need it like everyone else, but I have no desire to amass it. I'm more interested in ideas that make the world better for everyone. We're on the cusp of a revolution in how we look at what we do with the world and in our lives. The mistake is in believing that money can be part of a future that doesn't continue to oppress us.