• 1984@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    Gold actually is worthless but humanity has decided it has value. Whats actually valuable is food, water, housing, mental peace, low stress, moral standards etc.

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      2 months ago

      Gold is a actually extremely useful, and has a ton of practical applications where it’s not used because of cost.

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        2 months ago

        It was also used in medical implants, since it’s a pretty inert material ( was, because nowadays there are better biocompatible materials).

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      2 months ago

      Gold is an extremely useful metal, WTF are you talking about? Despite its artificially high cost, it still gets regularly used in industrial applications. If it had a more reasonable price, it would be used a ton