Price is a means to an end.

The ultimate proxy of value.

Everyone participates in a trade willingly so it is by default an authentic signal of their belief.

It turns out that financialization is an all-powerful but fundamentally corrupting force.

You want to harness its power as society by riding it without letting it ride you.

Over time it will erode your power and that dynamic will invert.

We've Goodhart's-law'ed ourselves in the face.