Even less than people want to hear that gold is just shiny dirt, people don't want to hear that almost all perceptions of value are inherently subjective and me

Even less than people want to hear that gold is just shiny dirt, people don't want to hear that almost all perceptions of value are inherently subjective and meaningless. That social credit, and money, and everything we hold dear and true is just narrative we've crafted around ourselves to cope with the uncaring void that is the cosmos. So -- my guess -- people are probably going to keep thinking that things are valuable so long as everyone else around them does. And technically everything can be reduced to nothing more than a set worthless human brain farts. Edit: except for your values of course. Whoever you are, your values are certainly meaningful, and your life is a story that really matters.