In our conventional economy we developed a particular set of symbols and we now allow them to dominate the reality of our lives. We attribute a significance to our accounts — our bits of paper, our pieces of silver — that gives them more importance than the real wealth of the world. We need to recognize what is real and what is of our imagination, and we need to act on the knowledge of that difference.

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