Yep. Even if your basic needs are met, there’s always conspicuous consumption and lifestyle creep to eat into the remainder. This is what is really dangerous a

Yep. Even if your basic needs are met, there’s always conspicuous consumption and lifestyle creep to eat into the remainder. This is what is really dangerous about remote work to the status quo: if I take a SWE salary to a low CoL area, I don’t have the same pressure to burn through it like in a tech hub. I can live comfortably compared to my neighbours and still save. This gives big business far less leverage.