So that’s where my money went

Posted on December 28, 2005 by Gene

It’s the end of the year, and all those lists are starting to crop up — you know, the ones that count down the best of the year.
I started to read one about the top 50 gadgets of the last 50 years, and counting up which ones I actually owned. It’s shocking:

Sony Walkman
Apple iPod
TiVo
Palm PDA
Motorola RAZR
TI Speak & Spell
Nintendo Game Boy
Apple Newton Messagepad
Roomba
Iomega Zip Drive

I wonder how much money I have spent buying gadgets and gizmos over my lifetime — probably more than the gross national product of some small nations.
Perhaps not by coincidence, I’ve just started reading Affluenza, targeting the American propensity for conspicuous consumption.

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