A Bloomberg Terminal for Time

August 2026

If I had unlimited resources to invent something that would improve my daily life, I would invent a Bloomberg Terminal to preserve my scarcest asset: time.

When I open the application, the first thing it would ask me is, "Where do you want to be in 20 years?" From this, ticker symbols populate: SLP (sleep), HSF (my company), CLASS, FAM, FIN, constantly repricing based on their ability to get me to my 20 year goal. I'd make it mind controlled, so I could open it with a thought, seeing as, even though it doesn't exist, I still try to open it every 60 seconds.

There would also be a risk screen where factors like liquidity or concentration risk can be flagged. My portfolio currently would be overweight HSF and FIN. Each risk could inflict losses on the 20-year goal, and those losses would be summarized in VaR.

Most importantly, the machine would expose my weaknesses. The tickers trade at discounts or premiums to their NAV, representing the emotional pull that distorts my awareness of an item's value, considering my goal (NAV). For example, on my screen SLP would trade at a persistent discount.

Yet the terminal wouldn't be all-powerful. Tickers like "calling home," "faith," and "an extended conversation" can be N/A, because some things can't be measurably priced against the goal. Hence, even the most imaginatively efficient ROI machine ever known to man would still be limited by the aim you give it.