Dear Humans,

A Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million last week. Seventy years ago that piece of cardboard sold with a few other other paper rectangles (and a piece of brittle, chalky gum) in a wax pack for five cents. 

But I’m not here to complain about a society that puts such value on valueless things. In fact, I think it’s pretty remarkable. Because in real life humans won’t pay the most for things that are the most useful. We value the things that make us feel alive more than the things that actually keep us alive. 

So if you figure out a way to make people feel alive, the world will beat a path to your door.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt