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In time banking, every hour is worth the same

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Forget gold standards; welcome to the chronos standard. Time banking operates on a system where one hour of your labor equals exactly one time credit, meaning a neurosurgeon's hour of work is traded evenly for an hour of dog walking, terrifying traditional economists everywhere.

In time banking, every hour is worth the same
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