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22. Why Do We Buy Things We’ll Never Use?

No Stupid Questions

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The False Hope Syndrome

There's a good impulse in human beings to want to close that gap. I don't think the solution is not buying quinoa, but figuring out how to get closer to that aspiration. Why don't you make a plan to oil some quinoa this very night, Steven? Well, Angela, you've tolerated my discussion of quinoa and books and tree grows in Brooklyn. What about you? Do you have aspirational consumption? The only thing I can think of is that I bought a multivitamin. You bought a Lucy.

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