[ExI] new yellow flag

[William Flynn Wallace]

In Veblen's use, conspicuous consumption was applied to the nouveau riche
and was a slam - showing off, which is definitely not altruistic.  bill w

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 10:50 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *…*> *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] new yellow flag
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> >>…Conspicuous altruism   spike
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> >…Love it!  But maybe it qualifies as an oxymoron.   bill w
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> Oxymoron, no way Jose!  Conspicuous altruism is all true, not an oxymoron
> at all.  If anything it is the opposite: an oxygenius.
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> >>…Conspicuous altruism has now become the new yellow flag for investors,
> or perhaps for those of us who are now living and observant, it becomes the
> new orange flag.
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