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The following is a guest post from Daniel H. Welcome back, Dan!
In a recent NY Times column, David Brooks describes a deterioration in American culture over the past century, noting that âAmerica once had a culture of thriftâ¦but over the past decades, that unspoken ... Continue reading »
In a recent NY Times column, David Brooks describes a deterioration in American culture over the past century, noting that âAmerica once had a culture of thriftâ¦but over the past decades, that unspoken ... Continue reading »
11 months ago
I think a lot of this is inextricably bound up with the extent to which we view consumption as a form of expression. The people who waited in line to make sure they were among the first to get an iPhone, for instance, were making a statement about who they were as much as they were making one about the exciting novelty of the iPhone. I think it's a good thing that our wealth has allowed us the luxury of devoting so much energy to these pursuits--I'm sure many East Germans burst into tears the first time they stepped inside a West German store--but I think it's easy to lose sight of the boundary between using our shopping choices to augment our growth and using those choices to fill in for our normal processes of maturation.
11 months ago