The Great Affluence Fallacy

In 18th-century America, colonial society and Native American society sat side by side. The former was buddingly commercial; the latter was communal and tribal. As time went by, the settlers from Europe noticed something: No Indians were defecting to join colonial society, but many whites were defecting to live in the Native American one.

Money can buy privacy, but privacy often makes life worse.
NYTIMES.COM|BY DAVID BROOKS

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