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2. That said, some new gadgets & services are stand-ins for others which are more expensive or less accessible
3. Except for #1 and #2, Yes, early adopters are male white privilege
Not really, but I would imagine they are generally male, with a college degree and extreme tech proficiency.
(Who also happens to be learning how to code.)
An acquaintance bought one of the first Compaq computers. He paid $4000 for it. He kept it in his office and would tell people: "When that computer came out, had I instead bought $4000 of stock in Compaq, I would be much wealthier today. Instead I bought the computer, learned to program it and did OK."
Cable free for the last year or so. I just could not keep paying 100$/mo+ on principal. Now it's just internet and netflix, obviously.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That may make you middle class, or even lower upper middle class if you want to stretch it, but i doubt you could be called rich on that salary.
It depends where you live. In San Francisco, 60K is just scarping by. In Topeka, you're doing pretty well.
Not really, but I would imagine they are generally male, with a college degree and extreme tech proficiency.
I would personally say the opposite is true for me. When I was in college (and poor, living paycheck to paycheck), I would try every new thing. Mp3? What's that? Let me download some. This thing has some kinks? No problem, I'll figure it out and post my findings on a newsgroup. But now, as my income has gone up and my free time has gone down, I find myself doing less early adopting, and waiting a bit longer till all…