"I'd buy the moon," Sarah said. "Just to put a 'No Trespassing' sign on it."
Elias sat in his dim apartment, the blue light of his laptop illuminating a face that hadn't seen much sun lately. On the screen was an auction for a 2008 Zimbabwe 100 Trillion Dollar banknote. To the world, it was a relic of hyperinflation—a piece of paper that once couldn't even buy a loaf of bread. To Elias, it was a ticket to a joke that had gone too far. He clicked "Buy It Now".
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"A hundred trillion," Elias said, puffing out his chest. "I’m technically the wealthiest person in this zip code."
He realized that while he had spent thirty dollars on a note worth less than forty U.S. cents, he had actually bought something priceless: a reminder that value isn't found in the number of zeros, but in the people who help you laugh at them. "I'd buy the moon," Sarah said
They laughed, but as the night wore on, the joke shifted. They began to play a game: What would you do with a hundred trillion?
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