Combined, you have forces that "Siphon", "Lock-up", and "Burn" vitality.
Show this thread
-
It's easier to be rich in the U.S. because there's a longer history of wealth and more social scripts to follow. Start a charity or non-profit, name a bridge or a town after yourself, start a war, etc... Without these social scripts the default is to Buy Luxury Goods.
Show this thread
You could make the argument that burning a giant pile of money this way at least allows the money to "pass through". A miserly scrooge who just amasses money is like a constipated asshole, locking up energy and vitality in limbo.
-
-
The consumption of luxury goods at the very least passes the money back into the economy even if you can argue that the work created from this energy isn't particularly Useful.
Show this thread -
(The counter argument is Life as Art and that not everyone is suited for rocketing cars into space or developing nuclear fusion energy)
Show this thread -
What something like a basket of index funds does is that is allows misers to contribute to society. It realizes assholeness is a form of energy just like that time when a someone picked up a black rock and called it Coal.
Show this thread -
So that's a connection between global warming and the financial system. We have this energy source called "Coal" that we can burn for Energy to Do Stuff and it generates "Pollution" and at some point we need to ask if that Stuff is worth the Pollution.
Show this thread -
Because the coal is infinite, and there's only so much pollution (physical and mental) living things can take before they just die o kill themselves.
Show this thread -
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.