> an epidemic of phoniness The basic problem here seems to be that a phony can be a phony in multiple ways at more or less the same time, but people who do thi

> an epidemic of phoniness The basic problem here seems to be that a phony can be a phony in multiple ways at more or less the same time, but people who do things seriously spend a lot of time doing only those things, instead of consuming and thereby increasing GDP? (re: "phoniness", Catcher in the Rye was 1945-46)