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I’d like to believe very few are on HN This seems like something you’d buy if you’re later on in your finance/property/legal/medical career and have “made it”

by wepple 3y ago

I’d like to believe very few are on HN This seems like something you’d buy if you’re later on in your finance/property/legal/medical career and have “made it” and are buying token toys that look nice and are lots of fun to use once in a while. Question for fun: what other products fit this category? Leica cameras? Ferraris?

nologic01 3y ago
that would be my hope too, but we might be taking the "hacker" component in HN too literally :-) > what other products fit this category? wristwatches and ball pens used to fit the bill but the digital age has not been kind. The algorithm to find more is: gadget that can be luxurised (made more expensive without adding substantial new functionality) with the sole purpose of helping homo sapiens groups stratify according to status / wealth association with shiny, noble, metals (aluminum, silver, gold) is essential. our collective psyche is traumatized by the long exposure to the bronze / iron age and all that corroding crap we had to endure you could extrapolate that luxury products are negative entropy markers: signaling that the bearer has the ability to manipulate society to strike a special thermodynamical contract with nature
- wepple 3y ago
  > gadget that can be luxurised (made more expensive without adding substantial new functionality) with the sole purpose of helping homo sapiens groups stratify according to status / wealth I’m not sure if you just came up with that or it’s based on some kind of well known definition but wow, what a clear and succinct way to describe it. The interesting thing about wristwatches is that the digital age was indeed not kind to 90% of them, but in many ways the “quartz crisis” actually forced the survivors to pivot into being wealth signals. It’ll be interesting to see what the smart watch revolution does to the classic brands

by wepple 3y ago

nologic01 3y ago

that would be my hope too, but we might be taking the "hacker" component in HN too literally :-) > what other products fit this category? wristwatches and ball pens used to fit the bill but the digital age has not been kind. The algorithm to find more is: gadget that can be luxurised (made more expensive without adding substantial new functionality) with the sole purpose of helping homo sapiens groups stratify according to status / wealth association with shiny, noble, metals (aluminum, silver, gold) is essential. our collective psyche is traumatized by the long exposure to the bronze / iron age and all that corroding crap we had to endure you could extrapolate that luxury products are negative entropy markers: signaling that the bearer has the ability to manipulate society to strike a special thermodynamical contract with nature

wepple 3y ago
> gadget that can be luxurised (made more expensive without adding substantial new functionality) with the sole purpose of helping homo sapiens groups stratify according to status / wealth I’m not sure if you just came up with that or it’s based on some kind of well known definition but wow, what a clear and succinct way to describe it. The interesting thing about wristwatches is that the digital age was indeed not kind to 90% of them, but in many ways the “quartz crisis” actually forced the survivors to pivot into being wealth signals. It’ll be interesting to see what the smart watch revolution does to the classic brands