https://seunghoonchoi.com/tags/wealth-gap/Recent content in Wealth Gap on Seunghoon ChoiHugoen-USSun, 21 Jun 2026 19:20:00 +0900https://seunghoonchoi.com/column/riding-exponential-curves/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:20:00 +0900https://seunghoonchoi.com/column/riding-exponential-curves/<p><img src="https://seunghoonchoi.com/images/col-riding-exponential-curves.jpg" alt="A surfer at sunset turning the force of a wave into momentum"></p> <p class="inline-image-caption">Some assets can retain or gain value while you are not working, but the possibility of loss must be considered as well.</p> <p>Salary matters. It feeds you now and keeps life from collapsing. But it is hard to become rich on salary alone. Salary comes in only as much as the time you worked.</p> <p>The problem is not only that salary may be small. Salary stops when I stop. At some point, money earned by working has to be changed into assets that keep working in my place. Assets do not mean only real estate or stocks. Writing, code, products, brand, data, and copyrights can also be assets. The key is whether they remain and create money and opportunity even when I am not working continuously.</p>