Under the feudalistic societies of old, status was organized through state-enforced hierarchies, leaving little room for the levels of status anxiety we see today.
For us, however, status competition ranges wide and free, leading to multiple manifestations and a whole heap of status signaling. Continue Reading...
Should we always take the side of the individual consumer?
That’s the question Rod Dreher asks in a recent post on “Amazon and the Cost of Consumerism.” It’s a good question, one that people have been asking for centuries. Continue Reading...
Did you wake up one morning and think, “I wish I had a phone that would not only allow me to text and call, but play games, get directions, read books, allow me access to all social media and take pictures?” Continue Reading...