The belief that wealth is measured by net worth is a common one, but it is incomplete.

This episode uses second-level thinking to explore why the system rewards certain financial behaviors and who truly benefits when investors focus only on equity growth. Beneath every transaction is a hidden exchange: money is stored labor, a representation of human time.

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