What if I Told You That You Were Worth $160?
by Mark Cortazzo, CFP®, CIMA®, Senior Partner, MACRO Consulting Group
May 15, 2018
3 minutes
From a purely scientific and mathematical perspective, the human body is worth about $160.
We are composed of 65% oxygen, worth a whopping $9.63; we have only 0.25% of potassium in our bodies, but it is worth a surprising $104 (keep eating your bananas!); and the average body contains only a penny's worth of gold. Throw in the value of the other miscellaneous components of our bodies and the average human "costs" about $160.
However, we all recognize the critical value of oxygen's role in our day-to-day survival. And gold? Well, the intrinsic value of those with a heart of gold, who show compassion and kindness
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