Money is just a number
Most money isn't paper. It's a number on a screen that a bank types in when someone borrows. Watch what happens when we 'mint' more.
NASA / Land 1968 · the four moves creative kids make
step 1 · observe
did you know? ★
About 97% of the money in the world today isn't paper or coins — it's just numbers in bank computers.
src: Bank of England, 'Money creation in the modern economy' (2014)
The U.S. dollar bill lasts on average only 6.6 years before it wears out and gets shredded.
src: U.S. Federal Reserve
don't believe us — go look ★
These are the real places this comes from: museums, archives, science agencies. Read them, then make up your own mind. Different people can read the same facts and think different things — that's allowed, and worth talking about calmly.
step 2 · imagine
Money on the screen
$1,000
Ice cream
$2.00
Sneakers
$50
Tap MINT and see what happens to the price of sneakers.
step 3 · try
pick everything that feels true →
Why did the sneakers cost more after we minted lots of money?
Tip: if you pick something "wrong," that's not a fail — it's the most useful click of the day. Mistakes get saved to your Lab as trophies, never as shame.