I came across an interesting piece from Stephen Hawkings today for project Unlimited, which resonates with me on so many levels—and I’ve decided to share the idea from my perspective.
Per Stephen Hawkings which I wholly agree with him, it’s time we re-evaluate our universal conception of WEALTH—which mainly focuses on possessions or cash.
He persuasively argues that if we continue in this path, the world would become more unequal, terrible and superficial. We will continue to miss the core essence and value of life, our existence and what should sit on top of our scale of preference.
Wealth I believe, as articulated by Hawkings too should be re-defined, such that “Knowledge” and “Experience” would become the focus.
This way, when we say someone is wealthy—then that person ought to have a rich knowledge base (be it formal or informal) and enviable life experience.
“Knowledge” and “Experience” are true human wealth because they are the two things we really can say we own— we are not the owners of the material things we glorify ourselves with.
Why Money, Cars, Houses & Others Are Not Really WEALTH—We've Been Fooled for Many Years