Huh?
The more you read, the less sense it makes.
“No sense makes sense.” - Charles Manson.
He tells churchgoers that it is “really important” for men to have a beautiful woman on their arm, asking the crowd: “Why is it so many times that women, after they get married, let themselves go?”
“Now look, I’m not saying every woman can be the epic trophy wife of all time like Melania Trump, I’m not saying that at all,” he says, as an image of the former First Lady appears on screen behind him.
“Most women can’t be trophy wives, but you know… maybe you’re a participation trophy.”
this is the way most of the new economy stuff reads to me. i just don’t get it. and people are making so MUCH money.
So are the ones with big breasts “Booby Prizes”?
Here are the concepts that are at play here, in my opinion:
In essence, what if you could own a JPEG? Not a copy of a JPEG, mind you, but the one officially sanctioned version that uses the blockchain to establish provenance. Would you pay big money to own a thing that is completely divorced from its utility? If that doesn’t sound like you, it’s probably just because you’re not a hyper-capitalist with more money than sense. That this concept doesn’t fit the ethos of (most of?) the members of this community is a feature, not a bug.
In case you were interested in JWZ’s take on this:
I think that Kristof’s column (on the lack of public toilets) might be a response to Krugman’s analogy.
That said, there are plenty of good opinion pieces in that issue of the times.
I had some emotional splashover from an earlier blurb on the Douthat piece.
Worth recognizing though.
As a freelancer charging $15/hour, you get the stingiest clients who always expect more, hold out on payment, assume they can easily replace you, and try to convince you to do things for ‘exposure’.
As a contractor charging $75/hour, you get middle of the line clients, who don’t really know what to expect, but will mostly will accept and pay without argument, though not always on time, and don’t threaten to replace you but aren’t loyal either.
As a consultant charging $250/hour, you get top-of-the-line clients, who inevitably feel that you exceed their expectations, have no hesitation about paying, and don’t want to risk losing your valuable skills and expertise.
Even if you’re the same person doing the same thing for all three cases.
Pricing and wording significantly affects perceived value.
THIS!!!
My experience exactly.
and then this just happened:
Is this going to have an effect on digital music and movies?
you’re asking the wrong guy, lol – i mean, i have zero idea. it’s an interesting thought. apparently Jack Dorsey also sold an NFT of his first tweet… somehow.