A graphic on who owns what of the world GDP
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It is crazy how good lots of us and our parents & grandparents had it growing up. Something even crazier is how quickly things have gotten shittier lately. But the single craziest thing, is how far we have left to go.
It reminds me of the movie Time Bandits when the kid's parents are buying useless junk all the time. No one really does that anymore. I've argued with my wife about a toaster.
I've stopped spending on anything outside my core home living consumption, personally. I think it has helped reset my brain a little. Something I'm noticing is how needless it has become to invest in any newer electronic devices. In 2005 if someone had suggested I hold off on any gizmo/gadget purchases for like 5 years straight I'd have laughed. But here I am using a noticeably zippy phone from 2018 to browse, a gtx 1070 and an ancient corded logitech controller to game, my $300 2019 walmart tv is literally too smooth and detailed for me to fully perceive. When I was younger, even 5, 10 years ago, I was always interested in how much better the latest greatest thing is... now I'm swimming in so much cool shit I feel I can just tap out forever, and it all works great.
Just imagine, someone out there is shopping for a SMART toaster, right now.
That reminds of when everything connected to the internet to check email. Toasters, cars, pagers, and more would show your email 20 characters at a time.