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That's a good example of why we don't need Nah, a kid can count to 23! Hahaha
If we walk through a normal day for a working-class family:
Dad's morning coffee (x1): 1 Nah vs. 23 Sats
Street lunch for three (x3): 3 Nahs vs. 69 Sats
Family's daily groceries (x5): 5 Nahs vs. 115 Sats
With Sat, basic survival pushes into double and triple digits. With Nah, daily life stays compressed into frictionless single digits.
This directly impacts financial education. The golden window to teach 'low time preference' begins at 3 to 4 years old, when a toddler's brain naturally processes only single digits. Children don't truly grasp values beyond 20 until age 5 or 6.
A 3-year-old easily understands: 'Clean up your toys, earn 1 Nah.'
A 3-year-old cannot comprehend: 'Clean up your toys, earn 23 Sats.'
Sat delays financial literacy for the next generation. Nah accelerates it.
A 3-year-old easily understands: 'Clean up your toys, earn 1 Nah.'
A 3-year-old cannot comprehend: 'Clean up your toys, earn 23 Sats.'
Another point for sats! If I were 3, I'd way rather get 23 than 1. Kids have no clue about money, all they know is that 23 is bigger than 1! ahahah
Another point for sats! If I were 3, I'd way rather get 23 than 1. Kids have no clue about money, all they know is that 23 is bigger than 1! ahahah
Yes, a 3-year-old might cheer because 23 sounds like a 'bigger number'. But developmental psychology shows that over 90% of 3-year-olds cannot meaningfully count beyond 10. They can't even use all their fingers and toes to reach 23. To a toddler, 23 isn't a precise value; it's just an abstract, uncountable blur.
Teaching 'low time preference' requires a child to measure the exact distance between what they have and what they want. Let’s look at a toddler saving up for a toy car:
With the Nah standard:
The toy car costs 8 Nahs.
The kid has earned 3 Nahs.
The goal: 'I have 3, I need 5 more to reach 8.'
A toddler can physically count this gap on one hand. They can visualize the progress. They learn how to save.
With the Sat standard:
The toy car costs 184 Sats (8 x 23).
The kid has earned 69 Sats (3 x 23).
The goal: 'I have 69, I need 115 more to reach 184.'
A child cannot do triple-digit subtraction. They cannot mentally track a gap of 115 units.
You are confusing a toddler's primitive excitement for a large pile with actual financial literacy. Nah builds a mental ledger. Sat just builds confusion.
Nah builds a mental ledger. Sat just builds confusion.
Nah it just adds more complexity and confusion, not the other way around!
well, good luck teaching your kids to save in Sats.
the math is clear that i can only teach mine to save if i use Nahs.
The difference is practically nonexistent, so why add another layer of complexity? Kids learn quickly, they're not stupid! @remindme in 1 year
there is no extra layer of complexity here. a person will either choose to save in Sat or in Nah.
it's not about being stupid or not. any human being can do math with smaller numbers faster than with bigger numbers, that's a very simple fact you are refusing to accept.
again, most 3yo can count to 5 but can't understand 115.
you can wait for your kids to reach age 5 to teach them how to save in Sats. that's entirely up to you. i will start to teach mine to save in Nahs when he's 3.
please kindly read my examples again for more details.
that's a very simple fact you are refusing to accept.
False! What I said is that this argument isn't as compelling as you're trying to make it seem.
That's a good example of why we don't need Nah, a kid can count to 23! Hahaha