This is the problem I keep wondering about: if all of our silver, GME, crypto etc go to the moon, but the dollar goes to zero, isn't it a hollow victory? In other words, what is the stable value anchor point in reality from which we can measure our actual wealth? At one point I thought a good benchmark would be the amount it would cost to purchase the energy required to boil one gallon (or maybe one liter) of water at sea level, all taxes and fees factored out. This is pretty close to a constant, given no major breakthroughs in energy production.

This is the problem I keep wondering about: if all of our silver, GME, crypto etc go to the moon, but the dollar goes to zero, isn't it a hollow victory? In other words, what is the stable value anchor point in reality from which we can measure our actual wealth? At one point I thought a good benchmark would be the amount it would cost to purchase the energy required to boil one gallon of water at sea level. This is pretty close to a constant, given no major breakthroughs in energy production.