I hope to write a longform essay myself about this topic, but this was fascinating on multiple levels:

My new essay is live!

Here’s the premise: America has become a Microwave Economy. We’ve overwhelmingly used our wealth to make the world cheaper instead of more beautiful, more functional instead of more meaningful.

It’s time to start prizing the soul.https://t.co/m2Qoixgdeh

— David Perell (@david_perell) March 2, 2021

Please read the entire thread, and the threads in almost all of the tweets that make up the first thread (if you see what I mean). Anything that can tie together a microwave dinner, urbanization, and Robert Pirsig is, as they say, self-recommending.