The value of access
Access to people
Access to capital
Access to technology
Access to infrastructure
Access to gatekeepers
Access to trust (and the benefit of the doubt)
Access to civilization
Access to energy
Access to information
Access to a clean, natural world
Access to responsibility
Access to freedom
Some come from free markets, some come from societal infrastructure, some from technology.
So easy to undervalue, until you don't have them. I don't think we should be so quick to take these for granted.