> Has money suddenly become more important to everyone? Quite possibly, or dare I say probably. The amount of available products and experiences one could purc

> Has money suddenly become more important to everyone? Quite possibly, or dare I say probably. The amount of available products and experiences one could purchase with more money was significantly smaller in Einstein's time than today. I think it'd be quite a reasonable hypothesis to posit the explosion of consumerism coupled with the everything everywhere effects of online life have caused folks to be considerably more aware of, and interested, monetary gain.