What is considered valuable and why is it considered as such? Precious metals and jewels (gold, silver & diamonds), real estate in certain areas of the world, companies that produce profits, people with certain physical qualities, people with certain intellectual qualities, people with athletic talent. These are some examples to name a few.
All of the examples above have value because someone or some group is willing to pay to have possession of or the right to use them.
What would happen if these “valued” items were no longer considered valuable? What if we were able to create a new set of values that weren’t necessarily tangible? What if we made it such that accumulating these new values was of no real value other than a short-term value?