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The Toxicity of Value
We currently live in a system where some of the key dysfunctions, which include rising inequality, sluggish innovation, come from the fact that value extraction activities are passed for value creation. This is why my brother is always saying to me, I'm an academic and he does construction. He's like, well, if you're so smart, why aren't you a billionaire? It becomes a tautology that value in itself is defined by the value that you apply to something.