wealth vs status

Portable Identity: Why Billionaires Can’t Buy What Matters

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Restaurant scene showing wealthy businessperson ignored while modest teacher receives VIP treatment, illustrating The Great Decoupling where contribution graph (3,847) determines status over wealth

Portable Identity: Why Billionaires Can’t Buy What Matters The First Valuable Thing Wealth Cannot Purchase December 2029. Manhattan. The kind of restaurant where reservations require six months and connections. Two people arrive within minutes of each other. Person A: Net worth $47 billion. Tech founder. Eight homes. Private jet. Annual income: $2.1 billion. Person B: … Portable Identity: Why Billionaires Can’t Buy What Matters