Eventually driving simulators should replace 80% of initial real-world driving instruction. It has the potential to be a lot safer, cheaper and environmentally friendly.
Not to mention that repetition-based practice of mind-muscle reflexes, like stick-shifting, could just as well be practiced in a fun context (like racing simulators).
When they decide to forgo paying dividends, that money is usually put to other uses by investing it (case Amazon) or stockpiled in cash (case Apple).
In both cases the value of your 0.0001% slice has increased, and even though you won't get an instant transfer of that value, you will see it in the appreciation in the market price of your slice.
It doesn't have much to do with getting wealthy, but it is a very elegant explanation of money as a technology to track members' contributions to society and their deserving of the fruits of society's labour.
Money can be modelled as a shared memory, track record, of contributions.
If it was evident to my grocer, that those abstract thoughts and lines of code I created had value, I could then have credit for adequate food; if the whole value chain was transparent and inherently obvious to everyone...
Can cryptocurrencies displace this (outdated, imperfect) technology?
Not to mention that repetition-based practice of mind-muscle reflexes, like stick-shifting, could just as well be practiced in a fun context (like racing simulators).