This episode explores how the meaning of “money worship” has changed across generations. In Japan’s Showa era, success was tied to ownership: houses, cars, watches, and long-term stability. Today, status is increasingly expressed through lifestyle itself — freedom, FIRE, remote work, minimalism, and the appearance of living without constraints. The podcast examines how social media transformed wealth into a form of identity and comparison, where even ways of living become status symbols. It also asks whether people are growing tired of endless competition and whether a quieter, more grounded definition of success may slowly be emerging in response to modern exhaustion and comparison culture.