Joshua Saxe(@joshua_saxe):> automatically adjusts its strength based on the wealth of those around the wearer Yes, and in a power law wealth distribution, if you're near the head, most people have friends with one, two, three orders of magnitude more wealth than them (and one, two, or three orders of magnitude of wealth less, too). I think this can't not have a distorting effect on people's psychology and decisionmaking. So different from my neighborhood in Kansas which is in the more egalitarian tail.. and part of the reason I'm grateful to live here.

2026.09.25 16:32

> automatically adjusts its strength based on the wealth of those around the wearer Yes, and in a power law wealth distribution, if you're near the head, most people have friends with one, two, three orders of magnitude more wealth than them (and one, two, or three orders of magnitude of wealth less, too). I think this can't not have a distorting effect on people's psychology and decisionmaking. So different from my neighborhood in Kansas which is in the more egalitarian tail.. and part of the reason I'm grateful to live here.