**Illustrative lettering poster with the quote “Money is the first-ever virtual reality” by SCD Balaji**, offers a sharp critique of money and perception. The artwork shows a man and woman seated in a living room entirely made of currency, wearing VR-like goggles shaped from banknotes, with a dog also formed from money. Rendered in muted green tones with vintage illustration styling, the scene symbolizes how money distorts identity, values, reality, and human judgment.
Beware: Money can give you the ability to earn things and also blinds you to lose your humanity.
It is your second skin or an outfit that you wear, which is visible to people. If you don’t have money, people will see you naked, it doesn’t matter what you have: skills, talents, ethics, goodwill, experience… nothing matters.
Because money is the only measure to evaluate other humans, since we no longer have the ability to perceive humans through other aspects.
Do you know how all of it started?
Humans started to purchase and possess love, people, happiness, identities and respect through money.
For example, It costs nothing to sleep and wake up early, go for a walk, or to avoid unhealthy foods, which is impossible for us. Instead, we buy a smart watch, gym subscription, standing work desk, fitness clothing or a cycle to purchase the identity of a fitness person.
Money allows people to feel that they have achieved something meaningful without genuinely having it. That’s why it is a virtual reality, which can distort your reality.
Be Aware!
Can you desire something money can’t buy that lasts forever? Have you earned anything beyond money that would remain if you lost it all tomorrow?
— SCD Balaji

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