A lot of things that people value are duped by a very simple mistake, I think. Some things in life have intrinsic value and other things in life has instrumental value - the value is a means to an end. Socrates made this point nearly 2,500 years ago. He said, what matters is whether you use these things wisely or virtually. And then you've got to dig deeper and ask yourself, well, how do I need to use things in order to make them of value? What are the intrinsic qualities that give life value? Some kind of wisdom or something, I guess. How am I going to get that? My little girl's 11 now, but since she was six