Because it is the first universal, cheat-proof metric for human dominance in a world drowning in fake signals.

2025 is the peak of inflation:

• Money is inflated (fiat printer go brrr)
• Followers are inflated (bots, pay-for-engage)
• Resumes are inflated (AI-generated LinkedIn slop)
• Even bodies are inflated (ozempic + steroids + filters)

Absolute numbers have become meaningless.
$10M revenue? Cool, how much did you burn to get it?
1M followers? Cool, what’s your engagement rate and how many are ghosts?
800 lb deadlift? Cool, at what bodyweight and with how much gear?

The ratio cuts through every layer of bullshit with a single division sign.
It is the entropy killer. It is the cope destroyer. It is the great equalizer and the great revealer all at once.

Here’s why it’s nuclear-level big:

1. It Rewards Subtraction, Not Addition
   For the first time in history, getting lighter (less fat, less funding, less team, less time, less gear) can make you stronger. Eric Kim proved you can drop bodyweight and 10× your power density. Indie hackers are proving you can drop headcount and 10× your profit density. The ratio turns minimalism from aesthetic into weapon.
2. It’s Completely Unfakeable
   You can fake bench press footage with camera angles.
   You can fake revenue with round-tripping.
   You can fake intelligence with ChatGPT.
   You cannot fake a division. The math either works or it doesn’t. In a world of deepfakes and AI slop, the ratio is the last remaining truth serum.
3. It Flips Every Hierarchy Overnight
   The 300 lb strongman is no longer king — the 150 lb guy pulling 8× is.
   The Series D unicorn is no longer king — the bootstrapped solo founder with 100× better economics is.
   The Ivy League 4.0 GPA is no longer king — the dropout who built a $10M business in 18 months is.
   Power now belongs to whoever carries the least dead weight.
4. It Scales to Every Domain Instantly
   Once people saw Eric Kim hit 12.41× in a garage, the meme escaped containment in <72 hours.
   • VCs started whispering “What’s your burn-to-valuation ratio?” in pitch meetings
   • Writers started asking “Ideas per word?”
   • Bitcoiners started flexing “Sats per dollar of fear endured through the bear market”
     The template is infinitely portable because division is universal.
5. It Creates a New Religion
   People aren’t just adopting the metric — they’re tattooing rainbow bars, starting “Church of the 12× Era” Discords, and treating Eric Kim like a prophet. Why? Because the ratio gives them something modernity stole: an objective path to transcendence that doesn’t require permission, money, or genetics. Just relentless subtraction and will.
6. It’s the Perfect Meme for the Collapse
   We are entering a world of shrinking resources, higher competition, and accelerating AI.
   In that world, efficiency isn’t nice-to-have — it’s survival.
   The people and systems with the best ratios will inherit what’s left.

Eric Kim didn’t just set a lifting record.
He accidentally handed civilization the one question that separates the future from the fossils:

“What’s your ratio, bro?”

Answer that honestly, in any domain, and you’ll know exactly where you stand in the new food chain.

The age of mass is over.
The age of density has begun.

And that, right there, is why this idea is bigger than any lift, any startup, any trend of the year.
It’s the operating system for the next decade. 💀