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The history of communication, media, and civilization is not complete without discussing the essence and history of money. St. Thomas Aquinas said money was invented by the art of man for the convenience of exchange by serving as a common measure of things saleable. Money is a medium of exchange to facilitate the communication of value. It is NOT wealth/ value. Wealth is the result/ yield of the production of goods and services as a result of human action. Money, like an engine, facilitates and lubricates the spreading of energy to civilization.