Time, Space, and Halo
In last week's Time Steve Rushin wrote a great essay called "The Waiting Game." It's about waiting in lines in our culture and around the world. The main thrust is that the rich can choose to either wait in line or not. There are things like line passes and first class, etc. available for those with the resources.This is all an interesting counterpoint to a principal I learned in college: your net worth determines the amount of space your allowed to occupy, i.e. the size of our house, car or personal space protected by body guards, etc.
This article says that the time you waste while waiting is in direct relation to your financial well-being.
So, it appears that the rich have control of TIME and SPACE.
Interesting.
Also in the issue was this photo below, of developers of the game Halo at Bungie software. It made me laugh inside. How many womern can you count?
posted by Mike @ 6:59 AM
6 Comments:
i think i only see one :)
oh man, i had the EXACT same thought when I saw that picture in the article. What did you think of the article itself? I found it really interesting.
Upon closer examination, theres an asian person on the left side of the frame...male or female?
I thought it was interesting too. Those people really get into what they are creating. You can tell it's much more than just a video game that they want to create.
And when I used to house-sit for Aaron, Halo occupied me for many hours straight, the only video game I played in, like, fifteen years.
that's a pretty crazy concept, the rich being able to pay not to wait. i hate waiting too, but really, that's insane. waiting builds character. (i'm such a hypocrite, i'm a very impatient person. i still don't think i would do that if i were rich though.)
Being rich is a means to an end. Do you think controlling your personal time and space is an end to itself, or is it a means to a greater end?
I think for SOME, being rich is a means to an end.
I'm sure that there are also folks for whom amassing wealth is a raison d'etre in itself.
I have never really considered wealth as a "means-and-ends" propostion before.
I'll have to think about it.
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