My stay in Nepal has shown me the surface of what may be deeper structures, namely that a system of reciprocity and support underlays many, if not perhaps most, interactions. Today, a guide showed me to 3 difference cultural sites. This guide is employed by a very reputable trekking agency, but he also knows several […]
Month: April 2022
Expertise and Death
Many years ago, I traveled with my parents back to the Land of Corn to visit relatives. While there, we stopped by the house of an older couple. While my dad talked with the husband about guns (one of the least interesting subjects in existence, IMHO), I took a look at the man’s bookshelf and […]
Spending: Judgement, Envy, Arrogance
My first year in college, I lived on campus, and one of my friends in the apartment stairwell went out and spent $1,300 on a sound system for his junk ass car. It made me angry because I couldn’t believe so much money could be spent on something so unnecessary, but only years later would […]
Phone Joys/Woes
I just spent about $500 on a new phone. I’m kind of excited for it, but I also kind of want to throw up. My first smart phone was around $330. It overheated a few times while hiking, and started acting up. Known motherboard issue. My second smart phone was also around $330. It worked […]
Good Spending as a Value System, Not a Dollar Sign
Late last year I sat down to ask myself what it actually meant to be “good with money”, and following an approach that takes various ideas and attacks them, was able to kind of see that most of my hunches were wrong. After all, one might think that somebody who spends very little is “good” […]