On: Living Like Nothing Matters

[toomanyrichies]

Consumption seems like a never-ending treadmill of its own. I'm quite the foodie, but I've made peace with the fact that there will always be more restaurants out there than I can possibly hope to dine at during my lifetime. You could say the same thing about music, art, etc.

It's like Bud Fox said in the movie "Wall Street"- "How many yachts can you water-ski behind?"

[Bubble_Pop_22 → toomanyrichies]

Sure but it's always better to be at the frontier of consumption and if you are at the frotier then it becomes to push it forward in order to consume a revised and improved version of the stuff you like, or create something that doesn't exist but that in your mind you'd enjoy using.

[marssaxman → Bubble_Pop_22]

Or you can... understand the nature of the hedonic treadmill, and choose to jump off, instead of spending ever more energy running in place, forever.

[baremetal → Bubble_Pop_22]

1. consume product 2. anticipate release of next product. 3. GOTO 1