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>In my view status goods are a plague upon humanity. Why? I'd argue that status goods have driven technological and artistic progress throughout time. So many
by riversflow 5y ago
>In my view status goods are a plague upon humanity.
Why? I'd argue that status goods have driven technological and artistic progress throughout time. So many innovations were the result of someone trying to make a new higher status good, or trying to make a status good cheaper(so they could have more wealth/power).
Living in the 21st century, almost every good you can buy would have been a status good to someone at a time in the past.
- wpietri 5y agoViolence and war have also driven technological and artistic progress. I don't think that makes them good. I also think you're confusing "did contribute to the creation of" and "was the only possibly way we could get". E.g., it's true that early cellphones were status goods. But given the massive market for them today, it's clear that was not a necessary step toward their existence and perfection.