You have a good point there. Human relationships are the real value and the key to success. I also agree that a scarcity mentality is the wrong way to look at the economy and/or the world nowadays, unless you're looking at human connection and attention. That is one thing which is scarce/difficult/valuable to get.
It's also pretty fleeting and transient. It's not like you can store up a bunch of attention and spend it later. Interesting dynamic. A relationship makes it more likely that you will get more attention in the future, but only if you're actually doing something. I guess that's where the "make new stuff" angle becomes so important. A relationship being something that goes both ways, it's important to engage, whether creating things or talking about things that have been created.