Will people value emotional security more than status in the future?
The next status symbol may be inner peace.
Luxury once meant gold.\n\nThen it meant time.\n\nPerhaps next it will mean peace.\n\nThe hidden mechanism is emotional prestige.\n\nHumans display what society lacks.\n\nScarcity creates status.\n\nPeople think prestige is about showing more.\n\nVery often, it is about needing less.
