let’s just take Great Books education for example. You find Great Books education in community colleges. You find Great Books education, still, completely outside of institutions of higher education. You find Great Books education in certain high schools.I think these things don’t necessarily have to be luxury goods. And I think it’s a choice that we make, politically, to say that they are. We can debate that choice, but that’s just a choice that we have.
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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- Aug 2023
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bonpote.com bonpote.com
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And where the artists take part in a fantasy of overconsumptionThe place where artists play a distinctive role, exactly like high-level sports athletes, is in the propagation of a certain fantasy.
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- the elites are often the main popularizers, influencers and propagandists of the fantasy of overconsumption
- culture of overconsumption
- such elites have a close tie to the luxury industry via large advertising contracts
- Media posts critical of the carbon air travel emissions of famous DJ named DJ Snake offers a prime example of a common attitude of privilege and self-righteousness found amongst a number of elites
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www.forbes.com www.forbes.com
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- Given that the 1% have the same carbon emissions as the bottom half of humanity, does the sustainability impacts of the decarbonization efforts of the luxury industry measure up to stay under earth system boundaries in time?
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- Nov 2021
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oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com
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2021 has heralded the dawn of a new form of hyper-carbon-intensive luxury travel, space tourism, in which hundreds of tonnes of carbon can be burned in just a ten-minute flight for around four passengers.28
These should be identified.
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Gösling and Humpe found that no more than 1% of the world population likely accounts for half of aviation emissions.30
Wow! Will carbon neutral fuels be greenwashing or real solutions? Will carbon neutral SpaceX flights be greenwashing, or real carbon neutrality?
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- Apr 2021
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www.cresquesproject.net www.cresquesproject.net
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also in these mountains, there is an abundance of bread, wine, oil and all kinds of good fruits.
Because of an abundance of such luxury goods, trade also followed and therefore was a valuabe part for economics especially when trade was booming. Because it specialized in luxury things like oil and wine, this area likely carried great wealth. One hardship of trying to trade in this area are the mountains itself, with travel technology dim it could take weeks or months to get through mountains.
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