Re:Evidence on Poverty Traps from Rural Bangladesh [pdf]
by jules on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:15PM
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You're right, the king probably had more booty. Remember though that the king's wealth is many standard deviations above average, so we have to compare him to somebody who is many standard deviations more attractive than average.
In the modern world, one standard deviation of physical attractiveness matters way more for attracting sexual/romantic partners than does one standard deviation of wealth, especially so for genuine attraction.
Re:Evidence on Poverty Traps from Rural Bangladesh [pdf]
by jayski on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @02:02PM
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i agree with this.
whereas the king was swimming in booty, and at the end of it all, that's what moves most of us mostly.
id argue few ppl really want a lambo for the engineering of it as a machine, they just want to be seen riding in it. 500 years ago a lambo was a fancy horse drawn carriage.