alt Hacker NewsWhat 2021-2024?
Check the prices of the flagship 1975 Ferrari, the flagship 1975 Hasselblad camera, or, I don't know, a 1975 Cessna 182 in reference to median 1975 household income.
Then check it again for 2026.
Oh, but we have GPS, Amazon Prime, and doomscrolling now.
Thanks, I'd rather take the Cessna.
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rexpop • today at 4:18 AM
I'm sorry—vapid trappings of conspicuous consumption? You've just named three vacuous toys, whereas GPS and e-commerce deliver real value to working people.
Doomscrolling, I agree, is a devastatingly poor substitute for a real civic life.
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saxenaabhi • today at 4:11 AM
with a much higher chance of dying in 1975 Cessna 182? I suspect most rational consumers won't.
Because of safety improvement they aren't comparable goods.
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The most jarring effect is to look at incomes in ounces of gold before and after 1971. Explains a lot of things.