In today's episode, we share some updates from our Financial Goals Survey, respond to a listener who says we are wrong about dividends, and talk about Scout Mindset by Julia Galef. We then respond to a listener question about whether our comments in Episode 205 on private equity extend to private real estate. In our main topic, we unravel what money is by looking back at its origin story and the two competing theories about what it is. We discuss the ideological underpinnings of money and how these ideologies can make choosing a definition of money highly political. We end the episode talking to Dan Solin about his reading habits. Dan Solin joined us almost four years ago for an episode on evidence-based investing. Tuning in, you’ll hear how Dan finds the books he reads, what his favourite types of books are, and whether he recommends books to people, plus he shares why he believes reading is so essential, and much more. Don’t miss out on another well-rounded and informative episode of the Rational Reminder Podcast. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 18:13 Cameron's Book Recommendation 26:46 Follow up on Private Investments: Private Real Estate 33:13 What is Money? 1:09:11 Reading Habits w/ Dan Solin Participate in our Community Discussion about this Episode: https://community.rationalreminder.ca/t/episode-207-what-is-money-plus-reading-habits-w-dan-solin-discussion-thread/17784 Books From Today’s Episode: Ask: How to Relate to Anyone — https://amzn.to/3I8VZUM The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't — https://amzn.to/39Zvggy Links From Today’s Episode: Ben’s Financial Goals Survey — https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=xVA-B3TS3UeuUte5Yx-hRoqiaLMCtxVJgvfdz10GYTlUMUY4UlM1TkpJVUFLSlZaVFJNMlQzTDBBSy4u Rational Reminder on iTunes — https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-rational-reminder-podcast/id1426530582. Rational Reminder Website — https://rationalreminder.ca/ Shop Merch — https://shop.rationalreminder.ca/ Join the Community — https://community.rationalreminder.ca/ Follow us on Twitter — https://twitter.com/RationalRemind Follow us on Instagram — @rationalreminder Benjamin on Twitter — https://twitter.com/benjaminwfelix Cameron on Twitter — https://twitter.com/CameronPassmore Dan Solin on Twitter — https://twitter.com/dansolin?lang=en Dan Solin — https://danielsolin.com/ Top Read Books in The 22in22 Challenge — https://community.rationalreminder.ca/t/may-2022-top-read-books-in-the-22in22-challenge/16717 'Demystifying Illiquid Assets: Expected Returns for Private Real Estate' — https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Research/White-Papers/Demystifying-Illiquid-Assets-Expected-Returns-for-Private-Real-Estate 'Real Estate Betas and the Implications for Asset Allocation' — https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3134732 22 in 22 Reading Challenge — Join the Rational Reminder’s 22 in 22 reading challenge! Ben’s Reading Code (22 in 22 Challenge): 7XWESMK Cameron’s Reading Code (22 in 22 Challenge): N62IPTX