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Re:Towards an Untrepreneurial Economy? Rise of the Veblenian... by Benjammer on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:20PM (#23578502)
>Are there any activities left that doesn’t function as a form of conspicuous consumption?

I would guess anything that doesn't involve exchanging money for an object or experience, in which the quality and/or duration of the object/experience increases with increased cost.

Some ideas off the top of my head:

- Volunteering your time locally in your community (soup kitchen, tutoring underprivileged kids, coaching youth sports, etc.)

- Building interpersonal relationships with new people

- Putting work in to maintain existing interpersonal relationships

- Meditation, mindfulness

- Building a tangible skill that takes intense study/practice over a time scale of multiple years to be considered an expert (craftsmanship, visual arts, martial arts, athletics, etc.)

Re:Towards an Untrepreneurial Economy? Rise of the Veblenian... by analyst74 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @12:24AM (#23581642)
Time and money are both resources you have, why is spending time valued higher than spending money?

I believe this widely held view comes from people who have more money than time, so they value time more.