I do agree that demonstrating power, at least to yourself, is important for your self esteem. Pretty damn sure money is just tangential to that. Consider that

I do agree that demonstrating power, at least to yourself, is important for your self esteem. Pretty damn sure money is just tangential to that. Consider that there are very powerful people out there who might not even carry a phone with them at all and see that as beneath them. It's a matter of values, not money. > I could easily afford a $1000 iphone, I just didnt want it. Rich people are also capable of thinking this? They're just people, man. They're also totally free to not care about anything they don't want to.