Merely possessing capital is worthless; money itself has no intrinsic value.

When production is insufficient, money is most valuable. Productivity can be driven by capital, and expanding productivity means expanding wealth.

Today, we truly don't lack production capacity; what's missing is who has the ability to sell it. That's why we have the influencer live-streaming economy and companies like Xiaomi and Apple. At their core, they excel at selling, which is why they've restructured their upstream supply chains. The upstream supply chain represents production capacity, freely consolidated and allocated by those who can actually sell.

Would knowing ahead of time really change your destiny?

Not necessarily.

Because your surrounding environment exerts too much influence on you, and your entrenched cognition affects you too deeply. Even if you were truly a time traveler, even if you could absorb knowledge of the future, you'd quickly be pulled back by your own inertia.