Economic history has been dominated by basics: growing food & fuel, mating & child rearing, fighting wars, clothing & shelter, worrying about afterlife. Occasionally there have been major agricultural surpluses, which have been spent in a bizarre variety of ways (thread) /1
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There are no solid standards of historical precedent or economic rationality that can help us much in predicting which forms of frivolity will dominate, rather they point to the optionality & unpredictability among a vast universe of choices. /5
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"Regulatory Priesthood" .... these two words .... explain so much.
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I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your musings, they always place the quality of thoughts and flow of meaning before pushing any belief/agenda. So rare
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