High status is raising a loving family. In an increasingly artificial world, it’s one of the few things that will always give you real joy. Socialists are basically influencers who weaponize a narrative to steal your money for a destructive anti-creator fund.
The first comment is probably the best on here. If you’re looking at it from a materialistic perspective, I think this has been pretty normalized as a status symbol, but yachts. Let’s see how many big boats are being bought this year.
The massive amount of money made or incinerated by AI is an exact vibe I was thinking about. A lot of parallels re. dot com. Not "just" in markets bubbling but how things are playing out and what I suspect we will see in the decade to come.
I love California and lived in LA for many years, it was great but never home.
As for billionaires and trillionaires I think a lot about who is the best steward of capital. We used to tax the richest at 91%. If the government would use that money to invest in a vital citizenry and economy then I might argue for that. Giving away money can be as hard and complicated as making it. The current wealth imbalance is bad for society in the long run. There doesn’t need to be a full redistribution of wealth to change that but the current situation benefits none in the long run.
Have you read Angus Fletcher? He's a prof of 'story science'at Ohio State. Fascinating guy--latest book, Primal Intelligence, a neuroscientific approach to imagination, intuition etc. Worth a look.
High status is raising a loving family. In an increasingly artificial world, it’s one of the few things that will always give you real joy. Socialists are basically influencers who weaponize a narrative to steal your money for a destructive anti-creator fund.
Being offline is status
The first comment is probably the best on here. If you’re looking at it from a materialistic perspective, I think this has been pretty normalized as a status symbol, but yachts. Let’s see how many big boats are being bought this year.
The massive amount of money made or incinerated by AI is an exact vibe I was thinking about. A lot of parallels re. dot com. Not "just" in markets bubbling but how things are playing out and what I suspect we will see in the decade to come.
I love California and lived in LA for many years, it was great but never home.
As for billionaires and trillionaires I think a lot about who is the best steward of capital. We used to tax the richest at 91%. If the government would use that money to invest in a vital citizenry and economy then I might argue for that. Giving away money can be as hard and complicated as making it. The current wealth imbalance is bad for society in the long run. There doesn’t need to be a full redistribution of wealth to change that but the current situation benefits none in the long run.
Have you read Angus Fletcher? He's a prof of 'story science'at Ohio State. Fascinating guy--latest book, Primal Intelligence, a neuroscientific approach to imagination, intuition etc. Worth a look.
High status should be ethical authenticity.