In a philosophical way the money is a measure of value and all its quantity represents the resources from beneath the ground that are constantly being dug each day of our lives. Deluting the quantity of the currency supply does not change the value of every rare earth which came out of the ground to construct our physical world or the nutrients which fuel our productivity as facilitators of the constant digging process. Adjusting for the inflation even though its never 100% accurate gives us an idea where we are and where we are heading from the most fundamental perspective. Inflation can deceive, just like everybody who bought the 2000 bubble top thought they are at breakeven 8 years later.