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I agree with you on that. The Ikea anecdote was really not well fleshed out at all. Not only does it not really come inline with the essay, but it's barely expl

I agree with you on that. The Ikea anecdote was really not well fleshed out at all. Not only does it not really come inline with the essay, but it's barely explained and touted throughout the paper as a name-drop. I also thought the detail that he rode his bike around the Hamptons as a testament to his thrift was dubious. So someone who buys a house in the Hamptons is thrifty because he rides a bike? Could it be that he's biking as some sort of recreation perhaps? Big loss only driving the Lexus in a and out of the area.

anamax 16y ago
> Could it be that he's biking as some sort of recreation perhaps? He could be trying to impress someone. Maybe there's a bet involved. Maybe he's trying to affect bicycle sales. People do things for many reasons. However, observers are really bad at figuring out said reasons. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error for some related discussion.