While the substance of the tools that everybody use has mostly converged, there are still many signals of wealth that I think you overlook. - The iPhone X and

While the substance of the tools that everybody use has mostly converged, there are still many signals of wealth that I think you overlook. - The iPhone X and Apple Watch with Hermes bands are a far cry from an average Android phone. - I see plenty of Teslas in PA/MTV. But that aside, I see even more Google/FB buses - isn't that a higher level of differentiation, where you Uber/Lyft or take the corporate shuttle to get driven around? - Ok, I mean there are still arbitrary borders and restrictions on immigration that make being a migrant worker a living hell in many places of the world. I'd guess they aren't experiencing a triumph of capitalism (or democracy, they can't vote in the places they work). - Other social networks thrive on differentiation - Tinder Gold and The League position themselves as the dating apps where you can avoid the ugly and the plebian - Mass media content has always been intended to be consumed by the masses. But that doesn't mean that it's the same content that the rich consume. Broadway shows and other in person performances are not replicated by TV or other mediums. I had a very interesting conversation about how the movie/theater divide plays out in Cuba but perhaps that's for another time. - It's odd to talk about the egalitarianism of travel by saying 'everyone has flown on a plane.' The transformation of air travel into a necessity is an artifact of the accelerating pace of global commerce which has created these very distinctions. The latest trends in air travel are in fact the additional polarization of the experience for the rich and poor - the near-universal embrace of 'basic economy' at the same time as 'ultra-luxury' flights a la United Polaris, Boom, or anything from Emirates.