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luxury is an information effect. lots of other people need to know a lambo is cool before it's worth owning.
2010-03-31 02:00:29"Most people vastly overestimate the extent to which more money would improve our lives" -- http://nyti.ms/cVjqgi
2010-03-31 02:05:11@KentBeck That's a very narrow view of luxury. If you can't enjoy the best things in life for other reasons than signal effect, I pity you.
2010-03-31 02:07:28@KentBeck All good, then. Just tired of the populist belief that all the luxuries that you can't afford is someone else showing off.
2010-03-31 03:02:40@dhh there's diminishing improvement in utility, which i appreciate when i can afford it, and there's the social signal.
2010-03-31 02:42:18@KentBeck Isn't that petty? Only to recognize the joy of luxury when you can personally afford it?
2010-03-31 02:52:52@KentBeck Also, experiences have tipping points. Not all luxury improvement are merely linear. But you wouldn't know from just guessing.
2010-03-31 02:54:55@dhh i absolutely agree with this. i touch a beautifully finished cherry balustrade and only then realize how much better it is.
2010-03-31 02:56:44