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the cost is that existing setups become half as efficient unless they put new belts to use. the input/output connections have to double. work and jobs r created but unnecessary ones there’s more surface area for complexity and brittle setups

gold is like drones that share a common energy/compute source. it is outside the constant degradation and the complexity of the belts but r awkward to use, especially if the payload is a common commodity

equities are stores of value because the companies constantly adapt to the new belts. belts stored in a chest/bank will just degrade the value is dependent of efficacy of activity

outsourcing is a way of delegating grunt work into an are that uses low value slow belts bc internally building a simple system using super fast expensive belts is not worth it

the problem w a strong currency (fast belts, low degradation) is that the cost of capital is effectively higher. it’s not worth hyperlooping the 5 minute walk to buy a carton of milk

other currencies (non compatible belt systems) can also escape inflation. but due to globalization only currencies like north korea’s r truly insulated and that has its own problems

china currency manipulation basically boils down to hoarding dollars so that the u.s. is forced into higher and higher end forms of service and production which starves a country of jobs if the populace isn’t educated enough to do them

this causes these lower end jobs to make more sense to outsource to china (and ironically the higher end jobs in the u.s. end up taken by h1bs)