Mel Abraham argues money is just a claim on time and health, the real currencies. Steve Jobs had unlimited resources but couldn't buy more time or better health, dying at 56. Time and health are finite and irreplaceable; money expires whether you spend it or not.
Steve Jobs had access to essentially every resource on the planet, yet he was gone at 56. All the money in the world, and it didn't buy him the one thing he needed. Money's not the thing that runs out first, and it never was. That's the real currency. That's the thing that we miss. Not the balance, the time and the health to spend it. Those are the prime currencies. Everything else on your statement is just a claim on them, and that claim expires whether you use it or not.
