tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post8056974363902027824..comments2024-01-19T04:29:08.081-06:00Comments on subrealism: why everything else is merely conversation...,Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-40683053648328982372013-05-01T09:33:24.639-05:002013-05-01T09:33:24.639-05:00In a manner of speaking there is still a kind of p...In a manner of speaking there is still a kind of psychological poverty and envy. But I noticed a rather curious aspect to this when I was in the hi-fi business. Just because someone has a lot of money does not mean they know what they are buying. There is expensive junk designed for rich people and poor people admire it though neither of them can figure out it is stupid designed trash.<br /><br /><br />Why are we redesigning expensive cars 40 years after the Moon landing? Is it really just about status for the rich? The Laws of Physics do not give a damn about economics. And economists do not talk about planned obsolescence. But that creates work for the non-rich. Has economics become mostly just a psychological game?umbrarchisthttp://twitter.com/umbrarchistnoreply@blogger.com