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on materialism

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i think i find materialism somewhat distasteful. primarily within myself, but also with others. i want to think a little bit about why. most of it is the effective altruist still whispering away. there is a great deal amount of suffering in the world, and i think wasting the money on positional goods, ones which are frivolous and simply signal that they have the resources. the cost of your luxury sedan is a family's life. i know down this path lays ruin, but i think it is directionally correct. i want to be the kind of person who has some well-calibrated, well-scoped sense of the cost of my decisions. and that cost is someone else's life. i feel sharply the opportunity cost. i am definitely not a frugal person. i will spend liberally on new experiences, on travel, on saving time, on my friends. as malaika says, money spent on feeding friends isn't money spent at all. money spent on friends, to make their lives easier, to share experiences together, to show them something new. i will no

on materialism i think i find materialism somewhat distasteful. primarily within myself, but also with others. i want to think a little bit about why. most of it is the effective altruist still whispering away. there is a great deal of suffering in the world, and i think wasting the money on positional goods, ones which are frivolous and simply signal that you have the resources. the cost of your luxury sedan is a family's life. i know down this path lays ruin, but i think it is directionally correct. i want to be the kind of person who has some well-calibrated, well-scoped sense of the cost o

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