A day gives every person the same 1,440 minutes. Money can buy better tools, faster transport, hired help, and expert advice, but it cannot add a twenty-fifth hour. The equality is basic and unforgiving.
The inequality begins after allocation. Some minutes are protected by assistants, calendars, offices, habits, and social expectations. Others are left exposed to notifications, fatigue, and apps that are optimized to extend sessions by a few more seconds.
This does not mean everyone has the same constraints. Work, caregiving, health, and money all change the difficulty of control. But the unit being lost is still the same: minutes that cannot be recovered once spent.
A time ledger is useful because it makes allocation visible. It turns a vague feeling of 'I used my phone too much' into a concrete exchange: what was earned, what was spent, and what kind of life received the deposit first.