The Evolution of Luxury Goods

LZ Granderson: "We crave status. We will pursue it 100% agree" But he says luxury goods are by definition kind of superfluous. They're basically like high cost displays that accomplish nothing, he says. LZ: If we chose something that wasn't strictly useless, like being married or having babies? Right. And to be here, some communities do, in fact,Do you know what the evolutionary term for this is? It's 'costly signaling' I forgot that. Yes. There you go. You were right. Cost signaling, costly signaling. Stupid. Unexplained and stupid. That was a good one.