Since there’s not a question at the end or some further anchor for productive discussion I presume you are hoping for commentators to offer some. Here’s one:
People’s demands for positional goods likely rise and fall in correlation with the change in perceived value of those positional goods. So if we desire less competition for such goods then it would make sense to try and lower the incentives to attain them.
To me it seems sensible that to lower the incentives would require a lowering of the perceived value of such goods, though other ways may prove to be even more fruitful.
To lower the perceived value of positional goods would require what methods?
To lower the actual value of positional goods would require what methods?
What is the relationship between perceived and actual value in this case? Are they too intertwined to separate in this manner?
Can these methods, whatever they may be, even be carried out? (either individually or in combination)
What are the requirements to do so?
And what are the implications for society if such a change occurred?
Since there’s not a question at the end or some further anchor for productive discussion I presume you are hoping for commentators to offer some. Here’s one:
People’s demands for positional goods likely rise and fall in correlation with the change in perceived value of those positional goods. So if we desire less competition for such goods then it would make sense to try and lower the incentives to attain them.
To me it seems sensible that to lower the incentives would require a lowering of the perceived value of such goods, though other ways may prove to be even more fruitful.
To lower the perceived value of positional goods would require what methods?
To lower the actual value of positional goods would require what methods?
What is the relationship between perceived and actual value in this case? Are they too intertwined to separate in this manner?
Can these methods, whatever they may be, even be carried out? (either individually or in combination)
What are the requirements to do so?
And what are the implications for society if such a change occurred?