Brass can also be used for jewelry. Why is gold more valuable than brass?
Look up gold’s use by mass. It is dominated by gold’s value being a social construct.
Look up gold’s use by mass. It is dominated by gold’s value being a social construct.
When the Spanish discovered the “new world” they didn’t have to convince the locals that gold was valuable they’d been hoarding it too. For centuries, without any communication or contact at all.
It’s been held as a high value asset in basically every iteration of humanity that’s existed, including today’s. That’s about as close a definition of intrinsic as you’re going to get in this world.
Because your wife says so. Yes jewelry in genaral is a social construct, but it is not replaceable. At least it was not for the past 5000 years.