I recall as a kid that a man in my village became
unpopular for engaging in money rituals just to buy the 80's edition of the
Honda Prelude. You wouldn't buy that car for 50k today.
I remember as a kid, my whole street converged to watch a
truck deliver a very large satellite dish to my neighbor's house. Today a dish
one tenth that size delivers 5 times the value and is in almost every student
hostel room.
What of the Volkswagen Santana, Mercedes Benz V booth,
all overtaken by Camry and Honda discussions? .... Vanity.
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| Old versus new |
A friend declared drinks for the boys because he just
launched the Nokia Communicator for over a hundred grand in 2002. Today that
phone would embarrass the owner and is a joke compared to the low cost and
everyday phone.
People still make the most amazing sacrifices over the
vainest of things, make enemies over worthless material things. What can I say?
Look back at that one thing you want to kill or die for today and see what
becomes of it tomorrow.
Slow down with the sense of attachment and blind pursuit
of things, for today's gold is tomorrow's copper...
- Anonymous, April 2012
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