I am not smart enough to know how to value -
1. Relationships (the human kind)
2. Asset Classes (fancy word for defining everything from Barrel of Crude to Pork Bellies to Gold Bars to Diet Supplements to Cash - in dollars or yen or pounds or rupees to a bottle of Coca Cola or the company's stock or bond or derivative of any of the above)
3. Longevity (time span expected on the planet with faculties intact)
4. Miscellaneous items (house I live in; cars I drive; food that I eat, fashion or things in haute etc.)
You see I am smart enough to know that value of something is always relative to some other event or interaction which I may or may not be able to influence. So trying to pin down this ephemeral idea is plain stupid IMHO.
People trade variety of assets daily based on their perception of what others might think the value of that asset may be a year from now; a week from now or even an hour from now. That is to say that they acknowledge that nobody really knows what 'Value' is and whether some things or ideas are even worthy of valuation.
They can however sell 'Fear' and that is what most gullibles buy into. So everyone really is buying and selling based on a fear quotient.
The Buddha long time back figured out this Maya Trap and checked out. Some might call him an escapist and he really was. He realized for his own good that the mumbo jumbo world he lived in 2000 years ago (and he correctly guessed that it was not going to change for the next few thousand) was clueless and he could not waste any more of his time balancing his portfolio to retire in peace.
He did come back after figuring out secret sauce to happiness aka that happiness is over rated and created a decent following for his time (in spite of Facebook) which still lives today.
I am not smart as the Buddha either so am left to blogificate to the masses until I check out.
1. Relationships (the human kind)
2. Asset Classes (fancy word for defining everything from Barrel of Crude to Pork Bellies to Gold Bars to Diet Supplements to Cash - in dollars or yen or pounds or rupees to a bottle of Coca Cola or the company's stock or bond or derivative of any of the above)
3. Longevity (time span expected on the planet with faculties intact)
4. Miscellaneous items (house I live in; cars I drive; food that I eat, fashion or things in haute etc.)
You see I am smart enough to know that value of something is always relative to some other event or interaction which I may or may not be able to influence. So trying to pin down this ephemeral idea is plain stupid IMHO.
People trade variety of assets daily based on their perception of what others might think the value of that asset may be a year from now; a week from now or even an hour from now. That is to say that they acknowledge that nobody really knows what 'Value' is and whether some things or ideas are even worthy of valuation.
They can however sell 'Fear' and that is what most gullibles buy into. So everyone really is buying and selling based on a fear quotient.
The Buddha long time back figured out this Maya Trap and checked out. Some might call him an escapist and he really was. He realized for his own good that the mumbo jumbo world he lived in 2000 years ago (and he correctly guessed that it was not going to change for the next few thousand) was clueless and he could not waste any more of his time balancing his portfolio to retire in peace.
He did come back after figuring out secret sauce to happiness aka that happiness is over rated and created a decent following for his time (in spite of Facebook) which still lives today.
I am not smart as the Buddha either so am left to blogificate to the masses until I check out.
Not bad for a start..or even later.
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