"In Silicon Valley, the conspicuous consumption norm is already relatively weak among the wealthy, at least as that norm was traditionally understood. Yet you can think of a web company itself as the new “conspicuous” — “look at what I’ve done!"
– Tyler Cowen, “Will the Era of Conspicuous Consumption Wind Down”
  1. zachklein said: Curious what you think, Yancey. See that article’s first comment, do you believe the web startup is conspicuous consumption or conspicuous *production*? The latter is what I’m observing, and often doing myself.
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