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Feb. 6

cont. w time 
one of the crucial things about a social-cult. system is it allows you to manipulate time thru cooperation
((thru economies of scale?))
allows me to be in 2 places at once ie in the mtns gathering berries + at the seacoast
gaining control over energy also saves time, i.e. sail around coast rather than hack thru jungle by harnassing wind power
for large operations must be careful of economies of scale because time + energy [[strikethrough]] hnags [[/strikethrough]] lost in transportation are also diseconomies of scale 
- econ. of scale maybe accounted for by division of labor ((are we the only animals that do this?))
- language has been called the time-binding element
concepts of debt + credit are also time-binding

* book on anthr. analysis of time  

capital the ability to shift productivity in time
[[strikethrough]]hun[[/strikethrough]] language, cooperation, time-binding 

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enables us to control our env. more than most animals do + distort or totally alter + thereby endanger the env. more than most animals do 
humans try to greatly simplify the complex ecological web so that it produces what we need (but does not produce what other organisms need, except those such as roaches + rats who eat the same as we do)

savings 
1. storage 

may eat less food than normal to save for a big feast [[strikethrough]] go [[/strikethrough]] - - converting to cash another way
2. debt/credit relationship - can go into debt for a daughter's wedding

if things are stored in kind, can be losses - grain can be eaten by rats 
storage can also be costly - must build or rent storage facilities 

((adv. of cassava that can store it in the ground))
danger of cash as form of storage that is anonymous + can therefore be