If it's marketed to you, be confident you don't need it.
HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social - There was a stretch when Elon Musk took over twitter and started charging for blue checks (lmao) and some of his sycophants started talking about “Veblen goods.”
A Veblen good is something for which demand increases as price increases, in contact to the neoclassical orthodoxy that demand decreases axiomatically with price.
Veblen goods are things that rich people buy to signal their wealth and status. Jewelry, fancy watches, yachts, Ivy League degrees. Things that cost many thousands or millions of dollars.
The idea that an $8 verification on twitter would ever be a status symbol for the rich was fucking ludicrous.
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If after watching this excellent roundup of NFT, you still think those chains and "smart contracts" are a desirable idea that might make YOU rich … well, I might have some promising and under-rated Wirecard stocks for sale ;)
RT @tomayac: The Gift of It's Your Problem Now, by @apenwarr. Really insightful post on the way open source works and how it doesn’t.