This is cute. My hotel puts obscure archaeological artifacts next to the bed in every room apparently
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hard to know what ‘work’ would even mean when it comes to ancient ritual objects
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I suspect there might be no clear notion of antiquity or obsolescence in the atemporal future. Time as fashion.
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There’s an excellent chapter of Veblen’s _Leisure Class_ (1899) about obsolete technology as a class status signal.
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Rich people keep using horses, sailboats, fountain pens, …; maybe landlines and desktops will be on the list in 10 years
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wrote about Veblen goods culture here ribbonfarm.com/2011/03/10/the I think modern retro-fashion is distinct new atemporal phenomenon


