tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931227998239921482.post4407382784520664903..comments2020-10-03T06:18:18.780-07:00Comments on Progressive Positive: Connections are Poverty?LanceMillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967321155433918187noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931227998239921482.post-58095437908592657852009-04-21T11:30:00.000-07:002009-04-21T11:30:00.000-07:00"Rich people don't need stuff."
Now that's insigh..."Rich people don't need stuff."<br /><br />Now <I>that's</I> insightful.<br /><br />Most wealthy people DO need connections - either connections related to their interests (Bill Gates and technology or philanthropy) or connections required to maintain their privileges (family in a position to disinherit them for example.)<br /><br />It is a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of the most boring wealthy people who are able and content to live as misers.<br /><br />Middle class people need a few connections, but tend to have many more than they can use. They are pioneers in connectivity technology like cel phones and facebook because they already have extensive social networks to bring with them into the new space.<br /><br />Most people are neither wealthy nor middle class. They have few connections but most of the connections they have are important to survival. When average people - the "poor" or "working class" adopt a social technology like cel phones it proves the technology is actually useful and not just a diversion for the already connected middle class.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03072541194513236270noreply@blogger.com