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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by saiya-jin on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:23AM (#21525117)
No matter how much we pat ourselves on the back for how rational and smart beings we humans are, the reality is that emotions are running the show much more than logic. Evidence is everywhere - elections, fashion, life, shopping and partner choices and so on. For some people its almost purely emotions, and their lives usually look accordingly. Peer pressure, status symbols etc - all just variations of same emotional loops.

Congrats to having such a smart wife.

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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by whatshisface on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:19AM (#21525840)
Not only are emotions running the show, the emotions are being run by very rational marketers and politicians. Although this may have been less true in past centuries, today being run by emotions means being run by other people.
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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by atq2119 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:00PM (#21528008)
It's always been true, but there is a difference in scale due to the reach of modern media.
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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by dwoozle on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:36AM (#21525259)
You can get pretty far by modeling humans as 1/2 bacteria and 1/2 beagle.
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