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The Connection Between Wealth and Physical Resources
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The status games being played by the ultra wealthy are all around hard resources like factories, fuel, and rare earths to make next-gen technology, and they are highly incentivized by advertisements and the mimetic environment around them. However, controlling physical reality does not necessarily equate to ultimate status.
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The status games of wealthy people are mostly around hard resources where they build factories and have fuel and rare earths to make the next generation of robots.
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Summary
The status games of wealthy people are mostly around hard resources where they build factories and have fuel and rare earths to make the next generation of robots. While money is supposed to be connected to physical reality, it is becoming less so and still continues to work.
ChapterThe Connection Between Wealth and Physical Resources
Episode#250 – Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The meaning crisis is caused, in part, by the fact that we are alienated from having direct relationships with people around us, including our family members, by the influence of advertisements and the pursuit of status games as drivers of meaning.
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Summary
The meaning crisis is caused, in part, by the fact that we are alienated from having direct relationships with people around us, including our family members, by the influence of advertisements and the pursuit of status games as drivers of meaning. This leads to a focus on low-consequence activities and empty calories, such as relating to brands and buying the latest model.