The Role of Women in Commerce through the ages
This document discusses the role of women in commerce through the ages and the power of money to bridge cultural divides. It notes that while money has been criticized as the root of all evil, money is actually more open-minded than other human systems as it can bridge any cultural gap and does not discriminate based on attributes like gender, religion, or orientation. As a result, money allows even strangers who do not trust each other to nevertheless cooperate effectively. The document then lists several women's names and discusses the hierarchy of needs in payments and how payments are increasingly being driven by contexts rather than just technology. It concludes that commerce and diversity is a powerful formula and contexts are important, with the implication that this is an opportunity to empower women in
The Role of Women in Commerce through the ages
- 1. Tete-a-tete on the Role of Women in Commerce through the Ages Silvia Mensdorff & Simon Lelieveldt
- 2. 2 For thousands of years, philosophers, thinkers and prophets have besmirched MONEY and called it the root of all evil. MONEY IS OPEN Money is more OPEN-minded than language, state laws, cultural codes, religious beliefs and social habits. Money is the only TRUST system created by humans that can bridge almost any cultural gap, and that does NOT DISCRIMINATE on the basis of religion, gender, race, age or sexual orientation. Thanks to money, even people who don't know each other and don't trust each other can nevertheless COOPERATE EFFECTIVELY. Sapiens, a brief history of humankind - Yuval Noah Harari But, money is the apogee of human tolerance.
- 3. Agneta Deutz
- 5. Johanna Borski van de Velde
- 6. Mej. L.G. van den Berge
- 8. The Payments Hierarchy of Needs
- 9. The Contexts of Commerce From Payments driven by technology to payments driven by contexts
- 10. Commerce and Diversity is a powerful formula Contexts is everything The moment is now