Nicely put:

"Today, the people of Earth are financially adrift. Like ships ignorant of longitude, they sail blindly through the treacherous waters of life, unable to financially calculate. We are barbarians living in the pre-science Stone Age of money. Future generations will look at us in dismay."

Source: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/copernicus-recognized-the-value-of-bitcoins-fixed-supply