I keep thinking about how being rich vastly changed meaning since the 90s.
You couldn’t access what rich people had back then, at all, so that made sense to want what they had, which was by being rich. Cool.
But today what is richer than having access to an unlimited amount of entertainment and sugar for a price that isn’t honest but at least doable for most? Tons of people are “rich” now. There’s not much to do but sit down and consume on the same 65″ TV and phone as rich people. EZ.
So people these days switched from wanting to be rich -which doesn’t carry much anymore as I just explained- to wanting to be famous. By being “rich”. Sigh.
Almost 100% of famous people will tell you that fame is the worst and a curse. I think many 2015-ish streamers realized that in the past few years. Taking selfies with random strangers while answering the same questions over and over is not the vibe. Being “known” for flashing benjamins at a NBA game while your team loses horribly, is probably not great. But you’re famous now! I guess.
Anyway, it’s awesome that tech massively made things more affordable for more people. That it dissolves hierarchy in society. The problem is that society is so dependent in its old ways (marriage, career, economic growth), that it doesn’t know how to deal with this dissolution and quite massive shift.
We were not ready.
Don’t be rich, don’t be famous. Optimize healthy Quality of Life. Best investment ever.