Capitalism is just a lot of people betting on what the future looks like

Every investment, every hire, every product launch is a bet. Not on what is, but on what will be. The entire system runs on collective speculation.

When you buy a stock, you're not buying the company as it exists today—you're buying your belief about where it's headed. When a VC funds a startup, they're not paying for current revenue; they're paying for a version of the future they think is inevitable.

Capitalism isn't about efficiency or fairness or even profit in the present tense. It's about coordinating millions of people to place bets on different futures, and letting the market decide which bets were right.

The winners aren't the ones who understand the present best. They're the ones who see a future that doesn't exist yet—and convince enough people to bet on it with them.