It's fucking NUTS that the global economy can make 10 of these and get them to my door for <$12 — and that everyone involved turns a profitpic.twitter.com/oCGPdOoGxe
It's easy to forget, or to take for granted, just how unbelievably wealthy we are. What a wonderful time to be alive (in the first world).
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short out with modern consumer electronics. Particularly when you consider that they're also enabled by financial instruments
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Yes. The world is truly wealthy. And yet: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/abigail-wilkinson/pew-69-americans-view-non-mortgage-debt-necessity …
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gotta keep up with the joneses :( :(
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easy to forget indeed. Have you read this? Go even simpler: pencils. http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html …
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ah yes, a classic :)
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a good reminder that the world getting richer doesn't mean it's getting better
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oh come now, really?
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me talking to you via this is something Presidents and billionaires couldn't do a lifetime or two ago (instantaneous)
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one of my favorite essays begins by pointing out that Harry Potter still goes to the library instead of Googling. Tech > Magic
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