Living in the world is not just about eating.

Every person who comes to this world wants, to some degree or another, to feel a sense of participation—because that desire itself is the meaning of life.

Yet many ordinary people work so hard saving their money, refusing even to add an egg to their lunch, only to see years of savings wiped out by buying the wrong house or making a poor investment decision. If you’re not skilled at investing and simply an average person, you’d be better off quietly enduring the erosion of your wealth by the hidden tax of currency debasement. Why insist on becoming a financial consumer when you don’t understand it and still want to invest? That’s not the mistake—messing around blindly is. It’s blind experimentation that will strip you to nothing.

People tend to obsess over unimportant details while having no patience for what truly matters.