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is frugality something cool?
http://theumlaut.com/2013/04/24/conspicuous-frugality/ Dalibor Rohac presents a lot of interesting points about today’s world and being cheap. Quotes that stand out: “If one’s utility depends, say, on his earnings or consumption relative to his peers, then earning more or consuming more imposes a negative externality on other people” “the modern economy enables people to maintain high standards of living […]
Innovative Teacher Shares 7 Meditation Secrets
Awesome interview with Charlie Knoles, one of the most revered meditation teachers in the West.
Why Did Picasso Prosper?
Ian Leslie suggests that Pablo Picasso’s success with Cubism was hardly inevitable, but rather the product of circumstance: First, there was a new kind of consumer: the industrial revolution had created a class of young, educated, affluent Parisians, who, keen to distinguish themselves from their more conventional elders, prided themselves on daring displays of taste. Second, new […]