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0 pointsharperlee10y ago0 comments

> If you've ever thought "I'm going to buy the brand-name [pasta|batteries|phone|insurance]"

I think that's the key. You stop needing to think about lots of things. There's a real cognitive cost of being poor.

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zdkl10y ago

One could argue that is the point of currencies, to exchange labour for comfort. You exchange your work to spend cognitive power as you'd prefer instead as what you'd concretely need

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