What's happening with gold is a generational phenomenon, we are going through the fourth gold rush of the last 200 years. The last 3 were:
1. California gold rush
2. First World War
3. Second World War
4. Now (whatever we are going through)
I have enjoyed many Steven Bartlett episodes, but boy I hate the way he titles them. First, the titles are pure clickbait, and second, they are not informative at all.
A piece of paper can hold anything, from socialist to libertarian wonderlands, but reality doesn't care about people's ideas, hopes, or dreams.
You have whatever resources you can obtain or are given; you observe and pay attention as objectively and honestly as possible. You set your goal, work by intervening and manipulating to move toward it, and then you get an outcome. Rinse and repeat until your engineering skills improve.