ADVICE: Columbia ED or Brown ED or Stanford EA?

silverturtle
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:33:50 +0000

It could additionally be argued that whatever happiness the achievement of prestige (or money) yields, it faces the countervailing negative force of the strive preceding it, which may be plagued by sacrifices and under-appreciation of one’s present circumstances when wistfully juxtaposed against the romanticized vision of a future with higher amounts of what is desirable.



To further consider the matter, give this a read if you’d like: http://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=ACE2004&paper_id=244. It sheds some light on the harms of individuals’ high valuation of goods whose value derives from their perceived superiority over other goods. Along these lines and by Frank’s terminology, the pursuit of prestige may be considered a harmful expenditure cascade.