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Silicon Valley is a gold rush type of town. In these environments, people are willing to live very minimally in the manner you describe. Van dwellers all arou
by nugget 11y ago
Silicon Valley is a gold rush type of town. In these environments, people are willing to live very minimally in the manner you describe. Van dwellers all around MV and PA are proof of that. There's euphoria in the air and a sense that nothing else matters. But to the rest of the world, or even here if/when the gold rush ends, people (even very poor people) settle into their normal lives and start to demand a little more comfort and convenience.
- dev-da0 11y agoDemand? Sounds like entitlement hate of us vs. them that don't subscribe to consumerism in order to rationalize staying on the treadmill of unnecessary ostentation because "what your friends think?" Just stop until you have something positive to say that doesn't involve sweeping bigotry.
- fwn 11y agoThe economic meaning of demand is a very structural term. It doesn't relate to any legal or moral value like obligations, entitlements, transitory requirements or some perceived rightfulness of the intent. It's just the observable ambition of an entity (persons, companies, other structures that produce agency) to gain a good or service.
- dev-da0 11y agoOh, fair enough. Not all people want the same things, and their needs change as a moving target with stages of life. Someone people live more externally while others don't really care so long as enough of Maslow's HoN is met. I know a Harvard grad gal whom hates shopping more than I do.
- nugget 11y agoEven those who don't subscribe to consumerism (myself included) have to admit there's a difference between living in a car and living in even a sparsely appointed 400 sq ft studio or 1 bedroom apartment. My comment was just an attempt to reflect on the psychology that allows people to sacrifice almost all living standards in the pursuit of a goal (something akin to ''if you understand the why, you can live with almost any how...'').