I went to a #Bitcoin meetup today, and my 9 year old daughter insisted that she join me. On our way there, we passed the Chattanooga Choo Choo, which is an old train station that was turned into a historic tourist hotel. She was delighted by its architecture, so I took the opportunity to teach her about how time preference affects everything we do, including the way we build things. She then started pointing out different buildings we passed, guessing (pretty accurately, I believe) which buildings were made before the era of the fiat banking system, and which were made after.

In her words: "I'm pretty sure 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 one was made before the fiat system, because even though it looks old, it looks 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 cool. But I think that other one was built more recently, because it's just...boring. And even though this other new one doesn't look boring, it's still kinda weird-looking. I like the really old ones a lot more!"

Teaching opportunities are all around you; you just need to watch for them. 😉