> Value is not set by what you put into it, it is set by what people are willing to pay for it.

Is a human life literally worthless, because they never pay to be born?

The map is not the territory, the price is not the value.

> Value is not set by what you put into it, it is set by what people are willing to pay for it.

What do you base that belief upon?

"Markets clear" is one of those meritocracy myths that we the hoi paloi get taught explicitly all the while the elite will tell you to your face they don't believe. Google and Meta are massively profitable companies built on the idea that the concept of value is manipulable.