Why Did Shawn Ryan Offer Value Instead of Counting Money?

Shawn Ryan lines up five different items as currency for getting out of a very life-threatening scenario. The limit on the exercise is speed. Speed and time are of the essence when the need is to get out of an area, pay somebody off, or bribe somebody.

There is no time to count shillings or try to get a discount. Shawn Ryan says the move is to offer an item of value to somebody who may have something that could save a life. The choices get written down first, and the reasoning on each decision comes after.

The opening is about the trade itself. One item of value, no bargaining, because the clock is what makes the scenario dangerous. Counting shillings would waste the speed the scenario depends on.