gjm comments on Open thread, Mar. 16 - Mar. 22, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 21 March 2015 10:27:54AM 4 points [-]

Allow me to join the chorus of commenters who suspect that you've been persuaded by advertising, peer pressure, etc. that you have to have the latest cool gadget, and that you'd be better off if you could overcome that urge. It's a useful habit to break if you have a longer-term preference for having more money :-).