Through this article, I the author, am trying to indulge the reader to delve into their psyche and find out what the actual value of money is.

'Money' in the most basic sense is an object that Is used as a medium for a transaction or of exchange. In modern culture, it would mean paper or virtual cash. A puzzling thing about money from a philosophical standpoint would be that this inanimate object instils feeling/emotions/thoughts onto us, more so when money is scarce. Money is capable of changing a human being. It's visible that an increased monetary gain will cause a person to work harder and bribing people gets jobs done. Money is a vehicle of incentive, a motivator and in worst cases even to kill for. Another intriguing piece of thought would be how we humans have a certain affinity to more expensive things life has to offer, and an increased price equals increased satisfaction and how something with an increased price tag can give us the placebo effect, making it feel more positive and effective than the underpriced one regardless of them being the same thing. Another aspect of us would be that we tend to compromise and spend money on things that are medium-level expensive out of low, medium and high-priced objects, this is utilized by businesses from time immemorial to trick people into buying the medium expensive product over the cheaper one just by placing a very expensive one close to it. These are just some of the many different ways money psychologically affects our brains consciously, subconsciously or even unconsciously.

The objective of this article as pointed in the first paragraph is to find out what the actual value of money for you is. In my personal life, I've seen money slave some and also be a slave to others. I've seen rich and miserable, poor and happy, poor and miserable and the elusive rich and happy. As a close observer of everyday life, I've concluded that happiness is contentment, permanent happiness is unreachable and money does buy happiness but for a very limited period. I believe we've put the psychological biases money has on our lives much higher than the actual value of money and humanity is on the verge or already is secondary to it. I implore the reader to introspect and to find out what money means to you.