Looking at this chart, it's striking how the things that define a decent life (healthcare, education, housing, childcare) have become luxury goods while actual luxury goods got cheaper. 

If it's essential for human dignity or social mobility, it's gotten wildly expensive. If it's a consumer product that can be mass-produced, it's gotten cheaper.

What gets me is how this feels engineered. Like there's this collective agreement that regular people shouldn't get too comfortable. That struggle is somehow virtuous, making life harder builds character.

2008 crash started series of crises: COVID, inflation, trade wars, AI fears; instead of using policy to cushion the blow, we've doubled down on making everything harder.

We've convinced ourselves that if people aren't constantly worried about money, they'll get lazy. What if security actually enables people to take risks, be creative, contribute more?

We've managed to rebrand basic human needs as unrealistic.

Burning playbooks @ Heretic.wtf Prev: CMO at Aleo, RabbitHole, Gaia + a bunch of agencies.

It’s almost like we’ve built a society that rewards short-term consumption and punishes long-term security. You can upgrade your phone every year, but upgrading your life? That’s a bureaucratic maze of debt, waitlists, and burnout.

big dif between red and blue is… government regulations