20 Matching Annotations
  1. Jul 2018
    1. One of the simplest reasons so many clamor for formal spaces is because they are a signifier of wealth and prestige, a sign of having “made it.”
  2. Oct 2017
    1. Wealth and high office also supported claims to fine lineage.
    2. advancement
    3. The most lucrative and influential government positions involved tax collection.
    4. conspicuous
    5. Most people were employed in manufacturing or the retail trade, largely in the areas of food, clothing, and construction, in which the bulk of demand was concentrated


      construction, in which the bulk of demand was concentrated

  3. Jan 2017
  4. Oct 2016
    1. Those are pearls that were his eyes

      This piece is repeated from the first book of the poem during the tarot reading. This repetition draws me back to that and makes me think that section has power through the entire poem. Not only that, but it takes on new meaning because this book has great emphasis on wealth and material items.

    2. The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,

      So far, this suggests that the woman is wealthy and of high status. I imagine her jewels in a a rectangular box, all mixed together, so she can run her hands through them and decide which one to wear. It sounds like she has many, she doesn't even need candles.

  5. Feb 2016

      It's always interesting to see that the pattern in history was always to chase riches and are fueled by promises of resource, whether it be consumable resources or precious metals.

  6. Dec 2015
  7. Jul 2015

      Testing out this app....

  8. Dec 2014
    1. Creating a Workforce Housing Equity Fund: Tech companies taking advantage of tax breaks should pay into a Workforce Housing Equity Fund for building affordable housing as part of their Community Benefits Agreements.

      Now we're talking. Welcome the new wealth, tax the hell out of it, and re-invest that in equitable developments.

  9. Feb 2014
    1. The breakthrough patent that produces a Polaroid company is more the exception than the rule. The rule is the modestly successful novelist, the minor [*292] poet, and the university researcher -- all of whom may profit by licensing or selling their creations.

      Breakthrough patent of Polaroid (the exception) vs modestly successful novelist (the more common case)

    2. In the final analysis, intellectual property shares much of the origins and orientation of all forms of property. At the same time, however, it is a more neutral institution than other forms of property: its limited scope and duration tend to prevent the very accumulation of wealth that Burke championed.
  10. Oct 2013
    1. What a man wants to be is better than what a man wants to seem, for in aiming at that he is aiming more at reality. Hence men say that justice is of small value, since it is more desirable to seem just than to be just, whereas with health it is not so. That is better than other things which is more useful than they are for a number of different purposes; for example, that which promotes life, good life, pleasure, and noble conduct. For this reason wealth and health are commonly thought to be of the highest value, as possessing all these advantages.

      I think that we still seek health and wealth above all else.

  11. Sep 2013

      Definition of wealth as an activity, we are only wealthy through spending--an interesting idea. Then I know a lot of wealthy people, don't mind their credit card debt


      Rhetoric can give freedom and create slavery, give power and wealth.