Okay, so my background here is not just philosophical, I am one of the single most in-depth analysts of the game of Poker and comprension of money and Capitalism in and of themselves as absolutes in all human societies etc. I comprehend value; both perceived and 'actual' to accuracy that even the most mathematical opponents of mine have been goaded into undervaluing or overvaluing when bluffing me, calling me or making me fold as I baited them into making it clear how strong their hand was and they assumed I'd be loose enough to call. I understand values and how they change both subjectively and objectively in a long tournament to degrees most Poker experts would envy as it's beyond numbers and math; I literally feel it as an aura and comprehend psychological tension and relaxation and hold it up against true values where even seasoned vets with 40 years on me at gambling and stats are being outplayed by me. I don't take pride in the outplaying, the pride is in that it's becoming impossible to outplay me and there's a secret to why that is and how I've evolved a perfect system for comprehending value that I won't reveal the specifics of as I not only don't want to on a site that can claim my theory posted on it as its own but I cannot vocalise or mathematically represent the complex processes in my brain (it's not mental illness, it's genius and I'm not a lunatic I just appear to be).

The background of me is very important in understanding how and why I reached such an accurate and fascinating conclusion as this:

The True Value of any good, commodity or ANYTHING (even a seat-position in a classroom) begins with the notion of there being an end goal. You must absolutely know what the goal is and the goal must be based on time versus risk. What this means is you need to imagine when you'll die at all times and if you truly have no idea, no cancer or anything, then you go with the idea that you're dying slowly and are like a rotting apple enjoying its time to the grave and perhaps trying to die useful to others and their journey to the grave along the way, too. The importance of this is that at no time should your end goal be to be happy, or to get rich. The moment your END GOAL is happiness or wealth, you have a toxic end-goal that defeats itself as what do you do with the wealth? You serve your happiness and what do you need, in order to stay happy? Wealth. The secret is NOT to go 'ah, it's HEALTH of the mind and body that's key!' I'm not saying be a fitness fanatic vegan either. The secret is in realising this:

Estimated duration of the event (if IRL and in general, the even is the life of you and those who you think matter)... Let's say this is EDE...

EWGE is same but WG is 'wealth gained'.

So, EDE x happiness needing to be sacrificed in order to gain wealth / (EWGE + E happiness gain)

What unit is happiness? That is too complex to put into words and I could make a lot of money writing a book on that anyway as well as having it as my legacy to my IRL name so I'll bide my time with that one.

If the EDE x HS / (EWE+EHG) is 1 or below, you are in a suboptimal situation be it a relationship, job activity or moment that you're going for a shit in your day. If the result is 2 or above, then you're almost definitely doing a worthwhile thing, even for the short-term.

Wealth, in situations or societies without money or items to be traded and favours to be traded, instead becomes something you feel everyone wants in the vicinity. Always aim to attain the thing everyone wants, not the thing some want a lot and others want very little. This 'wealth' value, if not money, must be something that can withstand almost any alteration to the environment and circumstance around you other than pure and utter anarchy hitting it as that is something you can't plan out or prepare for anyway and the equation is 0 by default then so get the hell out of the anarchy or change it.