Debt is not the villain we’ve been led to fear—it can be the spark that ignites creation. But when debt issuance becomes detached from value, and interest compounds like a silent parasite, systems falter. In this episode of The Lucid Blur, we explore how debt can fund the future—or hollow it out. We separate debt from interest, explain how currency becomes divorced from real value, and reflect on what happens when the future stops showing up to pay the bill.