My supercalifragilisticexpialidocious padlet by Zachary Sugako

BLOOM'S MAIN ARGUMENT

zs473 — 2024-09-30 00:55:23 UTC

The value of luxury goods come from their history, and people who are anti-luxury goods do not understand human psychology.

History (premise)

zs473 — 2024-09-30 01:03:49 UTC

Bloom argues that the history of an object and its story is what truly gives it value, not its price value, utility, or beauty.

quote (evidence)

zs473 — 2024-09-30 01:06:35 UTC

"Thus the history of an object matters to the pleasure we get from it. Consumers are more likely to buy something that has been touched or tried on by a physically attractive person."

quote (evidence)

zs473 — 2024-09-30 01:08:56 UTC

"The importance of history is clearest in cases of objects such as teddy bears and JFK's golf clubs because they are unique items with special stories behind them."

Psychology (premise)

zs473 — 2024-09-30 01:17:56 UTC

Bloom argues that the moralists and utilitarians of the world don't recognize the value that luxury goods provide to the lives of people.

quote (evidence)

zs473 — 2024-09-30 01:18:48 UTC

"The arguments against them are based on an incomplete theory of psychology, one that misses the depth of the pleasures they provide."

quote (evidence)

zs473 — 2024-09-30 01:21:19 UTC

"The moralist should recognize that our appreciation of them is psychologically on par with other, more respected, human wants. The utilitarian should acknowledge that they are not pollution; they add to the value of our lives."

Signaling

zs473 — 2024-09-30 01:23:04 UTC

The theory that the value of goods are determined by what other people possess.

"Ikea Effect"

zs473 — 2024-09-30 01:24:28 UTC

"Studies show that you like something more if you built it yourself"

Happiness related to status

zs473 — 2024-09-30 01:25:22 UTC

"Happiness is exquisitely sensitive to relative status."