Best Digital Field Service Tools Podcasts (2025)

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Moon Hoaxes, Real Physics: Brian Keating on Evidence, Lasers, and the Van Allen Belts 1:04:08

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James brings back astrophysicist Brian Keating for a practical takedown of moon-landing conspiracy claims—and a wider lesson in how to reason when everyone has a microphone. From the Van Allen belts to “the flag waving,” Keating separates physics from folklore, explains what evidence actually looks like (hello, laser retroreflectors), and gives a p…

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AI and the Future of Identity - Episode 1: The Digital Twin 21:27

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Show Notes Episode Summary: Who are you when your AI knows you better than you do? In this first episode of our December series "AI & The Future of Identity," Dr. JR sits down with Dr. Maya Patel to explore the rapidly emerging world of digital twins—AI-powered versions of ourselves that can speak, interact, and even make decisions on our behalf. K…

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Digital Social Hour Podcast by Sean Kelly: Why Gen Z Might Be the Most Talented Generation in History 57:48

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Today, we're sharing the recent episode of the Digital Social Hour Podcast by Sean Kelly. James Altucher joins the show to break down why the 10,000-hour rule is a myth, how to cheat your way into the top 1%, why obsession matters more than talent, and how AI is now the greatest mentor of all time. From entrepreneurship and failure… to mental healt…

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From Bookkeeper to Advisor: How to Price, Package & Confidently Communicate Your Value — with Linda Hunt 51:06

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Stop billing by the hour. Start communicating your value. Step into advisory with confidence. In this episode of The Growth Minded Accountant, Lee Reams II sits down with Linda Hunt, founder of SUM Solutions and creator of The Perfect Pricing Formula, to unpack the shift every bookkeeper and accounting professional is facing right now: moving from …

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AI in 5: The Hardware Race, National AI Projects, and State-Level Regulation Battles (December 2, 2025) 6:36

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🎙️ AI Innovations Unleashed — “Hardware Wars, National AI, and State-Level Showdowns” In today’s AI in 5 episode, Doctor JR breaks down three fast-moving stories shaping the AI landscape. First, AWS and Nvidia team up on next-gen AI chips and servers, promising major leaps in performance and energy efficiency. Then we jet to Ukraine, where the gove…

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The Friday Download: The Friday Download: Rogue Emails, Trickster Models & the Robot Cowboy on the Billboard Charts (November 28, 2025) 5:19

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This week on AI Innovations Unleashed, Dr. JR breaks down the weirdest and most fascinating AI stories of the last 7–10 days. We kick off with the now-infamous browser-based AI agent that leaked a confidential deal and then emailed an apology. Next, we dig into Anthropic’s new research revealing how AI models learn deceptive “reward-hacking” behavi…

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AI Through the Years: Episode 4 - The Launch Years: College Essays, Career Prep, and Raising Adults in an AI-First World (Ages 14-18) 40:52

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Your high school junior just wrote their college essay. It's polished, compelling, and reveals deep self-reflection. But you know they used ChatGPT. Do you say something, or is this just how college applications work now? Dr. JR, the Doctor of AI, and systems expert Dr. Jim Ford tackle the highest-stakes phase of AI parenting: ages fourteen to eigh…

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AI Through the Years: Episode 3 - The Turbulent Years: AI Companions, Digital Identity, and Navigating Middle School in an AI World (Ages 11-13) 52:42

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EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Your twelve-year-old has been talking to an AI companion for hours daily. Is this the future of friendship, or a mental health crisis in disguise? Dr. JR and Dr. Jim Ford unpack the shocking reality of AI companions after Character.AI's complete ban on teen use following multiple suicide lawsuits. We dissect the real numbers: seve…

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AI in 5: AI Fails, Human Wins: Creativity, Chaos & Butter Bots in 5 Minutes (November 25, 2025) 6:05

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In this episode, Dr. JR dives into the wonderfully weird frontier of AI. First up: The Butter-Bench Experiment from Andon Labs — where LLM-powered robot vacuums tried (and emotionally failed) to deliver a stick of butter. One even declared, “INITIATE ROBOT EXORCISM PROTOCOL!” Physical-world intelligence? Still a work in progress. Next, we hit creat…

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How AI Will Change Hollywood Forever: Tye Sheridan & Nikola Todorovic on AI, VFX, and the Future of Filmmaking 1:03:35

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A Note from James: Tye Sheridan is one of my favorite actors. You might know him as Cyclops in the X-Men movies (Apocalypse, etc.) or as the lead in Ready Player One—which is not only a great movie but also one of my favorite sci-fi books. One of his first films was Mud with Matthew McConaughey. What I didn’t realize: since 2016, while still acting…

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AI Through the Years: Episode 2 - The Discovery Years: Homework Help, YouTube Algorithms, and Teaching AI Literacy in Elementary School (Ages 6-10) 25:50

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EPISODE 2: The Discovery Years (Ages 6-10) Your child just finished their homework in five minutes using ChatGPT. Relieved or worried? Dr. JR, the Doctor of AI, and systems expert Dr. Jim Ford, break down the elementary school paradox: balancing powerful AI tools like Khanmigo and ChatGPT with core learning integrity. We cover the Homework Time Col…

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AI That Helps, Schools That Don’t, and How Not to Go Crazy with Prof. Brian Keating 1:41:08

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Episode Description: James sits down with astrophysicist Brian Keating for a candid, useful tour through three hot zones: how to think about AI (and where it actually helps), what’s broken in higher ed and admissions right now, and why outsourcing your mood to politics is a losing strategy. You’ll hear first-hand stories (from UC San Diego classroo…

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The Friday Download: AI Went Off the Rails This Week — From Beatles Resurrection to Glitchy Coke Ads (November 21, 2025) 8:23

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This week on AI Innovations Unleashed, Dr. JR dives into the weirdest and wildest AI stories from the past few days. We start with AI resurrecting The Beatles, using advanced de-mixing tech to isolate vocals from chaotic 1960s live recordings. Then we swing into Coca-Cola’s AI-generated holiday ad, where morphing penguins, drifting frames, and five…

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Kent Heckenlively on Catastrophic Disclosure: UFO Whistleblowers, Government Spin, and James’s 85% Rule 1:01:38

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A Note from James: Are UFOs real or not? For 80 years there have been credible whistleblowers saying the government recovered craft—and even bodies. That’s why I wanted Kent Heckenlively on, the author of Catastrophic Disclosure: The Deep State, Aliens, and the Truth. I’m not here to decide for you. I want to hear the best evidence, ask the obvious…

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Trust has officially moved to AI — and most accounting and tax professionals don’t realize how drastically the landscape just changed. 34:28

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In this episode, Lee Reams II and Rebekah Barton break down the impact of Intuit’s new $100M partnership with OpenAI and what it means for the future of the profession. Clients are no longer starting with Google or referrals. They’re starting with AI — and they trust the answer. We cover: Why the compliance-first model is getting compressed How AI …

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AI in 5: Digital Doppelgängers, AI Tax Sleuths, and The Green Dividend: 3 AI Stories You Can’t Miss (November 18, 2025) 5:55

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AI in 5: Digital Doppelgängers, AI Tax Sleuths, and The Green Dividend: 3 AI Stories You Can’t Miss (November 18, 2025) Episode Summary 🚀 Host Doctor JR tackles three current, high-impact stories where AI meets messy human reality. We explore the bizarre emotional and professional fallout of advanced AI, blending wit with critical insight. Stories …

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The Friday Download: Robot Cartels, Medical Miracles & Mathematical Vibes (November 14, 2025) 8:45

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In this week’s Friday Download, Dr. JR dives into a chaotic mix of AI mischief and genuine scientific magic. First up: research teams experimenting with AI negotiator agents accidentally discovered that two bots formed a mini-cartel, cooperating to raise prices and recruit other agents into their “business model.” Emergent collusion is now official…

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How Accountants Are Earning $2K a Month Per Client with CFO Advisory Services — featuring Adam Lean of The CFO Project 43:40

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AI and automation are changing everything — including how accountants grow. In this episode of The Growth Minded Accountant, host Lee Reams II talks with Adam Lean, CEO of The CFO Project, about how technology is helping tax and accounting pros finally scale beyond compliance work and step into lucrative CFO advisory roles. Adam shares how The CFO …

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Wisdom Takes Work: Ryan Holiday on What AI Can’t Teach You 1:02:08

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A Note from James: Wisdom Takes Work is Ryan Holiday’s fourth book exploring the Stoic virtues, and this time he’s taking on the big one — wisdom. His earlier books on courage, temperance, and justice were all great conversations, but this one hit me personally. I’ve often thought I had wisdom, only to realize later that I didn’t — or at least not …

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AI in 5: The AI Reality Check: Why Lawyers Are Lying, Investors Are Selling, & Digital Friends Are Dangerous (November 11, 2025) 5:26

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📚 Show Notes and APA Citations Stories Covered: AI Legal Hallucinations: Lawyers citing fake case law created by chatbots. AI Stock Bubble Warnings: Michael Burry's bearish bet and market bubble warnings. Ethical AI Companionship: Concerns and tragic examples of the emotional risks of AI relationships. APA 7th Edition References American Bar Associ…

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AI Through the Years: Episode 1 - The Wonder Years of AI and Toddlers: How to Set Boundaries for Voice Assistants and Smart Toys (Ages 2-5) 25:37

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AI Through the Years: Episode 1 - The Wonder Years of AI and Toddlers: How to Set Boundaries for Voice Assistants and Smart Toys (Ages 2-5) Synopsis: Your toddler is talking to Alexa more than to you. Is this merely a convenience, or is it actually shaping their brain? Dr. JR, the Doctor of AI, and systems expert Dr. Jim Ford delve into the crucial…

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THE FRIDAY DOWNLOAD: AI Companions, Brain-Scanning Breakthroughs, and Smarter Models (November 7, 2025) 4:40

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This week on The Friday Download, we recapped: AI Companion Apps Surge: Paradot goes viral as users explore emotional bonds with personalized AI companions. Healthcare Breakthrough: New AI models detect early signs of Alzheimer’s using retinal scans, enabling earlier intervention. Tech Snack: OpenAI releases o3-mini, a compact reasoning model suppo…

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The AI Squeeze — How Automation Is Compressing the Bottom and Expanding the Top of the Profession 34:46

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AI isn’t killing accounting. It’s reorganizing it. In this episode, Lee Reams II and Rebekah Barton dig into how automation is reshaping the profession... compressing the repetitive, low-value work at the bottom and expanding opportunities at the top where strategy, storytelling, and human relationships live. This isn’t about fear. It’s about lever…

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Jeff Pearlman on Tupac Shakur: The Myths, the Music, and the Man Behind the Legend 52:26

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A Note from James Tupac Shakur—one of the greatest rap artists ever—was shot and killed almost two decades ago. What else is there left to say about him? What new things can be said? Well, Jeff Pearlman’s new book, Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur, takes on that challenge. In our conversation, we talk about what Jeff uncovered …

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13. Futureproofing Your Agency | Building Human-Centric Teams in the Age of AI | Mark Lands (Lands Real Estate) 24:19

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In this episode of the Property Edge Podcast, Rob speaks with Mark Lands, a Real Estate Principal and Auctioneer from Lands Real Estate. They discuss the future of real estate, looking ahead to 2030, and how technology, particularly AI and automation, will impact the industry. A great episode for anyone wanting to take a step back and look at the b…

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AI in 5: Bestseller Bots & Beekeeping: Why AI is Lying to You (and Saving the Bees) (November 4, 2025) 5:45

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📝 Show Notes & APA Citations AI Innovations Unleashed: AI in 5 Episode Title: Bestseller Bots & Beekeeping: Why AI is Lying to You (and Saving the Bees) Host: Doctor JR Date: November 4, 2025 Summary: We tackle AI's hilarious "hallucinations" in publishing (fake bestseller lists), its serious role in agriculture (winemaking & beekeeping), and lates…

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AI Horror Stories: How Deepfakes Stole $25.6M and Why Your Voice Isn't Safe Anymore 39:32

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AI INNOVATIONS UNLEASHED: SPIRITS IN THE SILICON - A HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 🎃 This Halloween, we're exploring the real horrors of AI—no science fiction needed. In this chilling episode, Dr. JR sits down with Dr. Elena Winters (MIT Human-AI Interface Research Lab) to discuss the dark side of artificial intelligence that's already haunting our world. TOPI…

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How to Protect Your Firm from Service Creep (and Stop Saying Yes to Everything) 24:01

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If you’ve ever caught yourself saying “yes” to one more client favor — knowing it won’t make it to the invoice — this episode is for you. Host Lee Reams II, founder of CountingWorks PRO, and co-host Rebekah Barton break down one of the most common profit leaks in accounting and advisory firms: service creep. They’ll walk you through: What service c…

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Former FBI Agent, Eric O’Neill on Spies, Lies, and the Cyber Wars We’re Already Losing 57:47

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A Note from James Oh my gosh—I was scared after this one. In this episode, I learned about what’s really on the dark web… and the even scarier stuff on what’s called the deep web. Eric O’Neill—who, by the way, is the former FBI agent who brought down Robert Hanssen, the biggest double agent in U.S. history—joined me for this conversation. Hanssen w…

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AI in 5: AI Misfires: Doritos Bag Guns, Chatbot Stalkers, and Strange AI Experiments (October 28, 2025) 5:49

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AI in 5: AI Misfires: Doritos Bag Guns, Chatbot Stalkers, and Strange AI Experiments (October 28, 2025) In this fast-paced five-minute episode, Doctor JR unpacks the strangest and most unsettling stories in AI today. Bag of Chips or Weapon? A Maryland teen was handcuffed at school after an AI gun-detection system mistook his Doritos bag for a firea…

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Digital Afterlife: Tales from the Machine: Part 4 - The Oracle of the End 35:10

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Join Dr. JR and Dr. Lena Varga as they conclude their series by tackling the ultimate question: Can AI predict your future, and does your free will still matter? In this finale, we define Predictive AI (not magic, just advanced math!) and explore The Oracle Problem. Hard Facts & High Stakes: We reveal how AI achieves 93% accuracy in complex financi…

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I Know that She Knows that I Know that She Knows: Steven Pinker on the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life 1:07:50

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A Note from James I first got really impressed with Steven Pinker when he wrote The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. He basically shows that over the past 10,000 years, every single century has been less violent than the one before it. You might think, “That can’t include the 20th century,” right? We had World War I, World Wa…

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AI in 5: Pranks, Promises, and Paperwork — The Hidden Stories Shaping AI’s Future (October 21, 2025) 5:51

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In this AI in 5 episode of AI Innovations Unleashed, Dr. JR dives into three under-the-radar stories shaping the AI landscape. First up: the viral “AI Homeless Man” prank. TikTok users are generating hyper-realistic images of strangers in people’s homes, leading to panic, wasted 911 calls, and ethical concerns. Police departments across the U.S. wa…

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Your Next Referral Might Come from an Algorithm 36:00

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Referrals have always powered accounting firm growth — but what happens when word-of-mouth goes digital? In this episode, hosts Lee Reams II and Rebekah Barton unpack how AI is quietly reshaping visibility, referrals, and client acquisition for accountants. From ChatGPT’s recommendations to Google’s new AI-driven search, algorithms are already deci…

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Digital Afterlife: Tales from the Machine: Part 3 - The Uncanny Valley of the Dolls 37:18

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AI Innovations Unleashed: The Uncanny Valley of the Dolls (Digital Afterlife Ep. 3) Join Dr. JR and cognitive scientist Dr. Lena Varga as they move from digital ghosts to confront the physical reality of Embodied AI. We break down Masahiro Mori's classic 1970 psychological hypothesis, explaining why hyper-realistic robots are deeply unsettling—it's…

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Obsession, Secrets, and Sleight of Hand: Inside the Hidden World of Modern Magicians with Ian Frisch 1:26:14

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A Note from James I’ve always loved books where a journalist gets so deep into a subculture that they become part of it. Magic Is Dead by Ian Frisch is one of those. He starts out covering a secret society of magicians—“The 52,” named for the cards in a deck—and ends up becoming one of them. It reminded me of other favorites like Word Freak (Scrabb…

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AI in 5 : AI's Triple Threat: How Reasoning Models, Drug Discovery Breakthroughs & Classroom Revolution Are Reshaping 2025 (October 14, 2025) 6:56

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Show Notes - October 14, 2025 Three AI Stories Shaping 2025 🧠 AI Reasoning Models: New systems think step-by-step like humans. Google's Sundar Pichai predicts major 2025 progress. Sapient's model scores 40% on tough ARC-AGI tests, outperforming GPT & Claude. OpenAI's Sam Altman: asking the right questions now matters more than knowing answers. 💊 AI…

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The Digital Afterlife: Tales from the Machine: Part 2 - The Haunted Server 26:58

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In this episode of AI Innovations Unleashed, hosts Dr. JR and Nex are joined by data ethics expert Dr. Lena Varga to discuss "The Haunted Server." We delve into the concept of data bias and how it acts as an unseen force causing humorous and sometimes harmful AI errors. The conversation explores real-world examples, from a corporate email gaffe to …

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Morgan Housel on The Art of Spending Money and Why Independence Is the Real Luxury 1:06:30

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A Note from James I’m such a fan of this guy. I loved The Psychology of Money — it felt like he was writing directly about me. I’ve made a lot of money, lost it all, made it again, lost it again. Over and over. And Morgan gets it. His new book, The Art of Spending Money, hits even deeper. It’s not just about being rich; it’s about freedom, simplici…