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How did Apple’s AirPods go from mockery to millennial status symbol?

February 12, 2019 by Editorial Team

Back in 2016, Apple’s wireless earbuds were ridiculed by the tech industry. Now, thousands of memes later, the tables have turned

Categories Design, Gifts, Hi Tech, SHELTER Tags AirPods 2, Apple, Apple’s AirPods, Article, Comment & features, Computing, Culture, earbuds, Elena Cresci, Features, G2, headphones, millennial, Most Expensive, Music, Shortcuts, status symbol, Technology, The Guardian, UK G2 Features, Wireless, wireless earbuds, wireless headphones

The new status symbol: it’s not what you spend – it’s how hard you work

December 25, 2019April 27, 2017 by Editorial Team

The rich used to show how much they could spend on things they didn’t need. Today, a public display of productivity is the new symbol of class power

Categories Business, SHELTER Tags America’s CEOs, Apple CEO, Article, Ben Tarnoff, Comment & features, Conspicuous consumption, conspicuous production, elite status, excess, expensive, Features, G2, luxury, luxury gyms, modern elites, Money, power, Prestige, rich, ruling class, signaling wealth, status symbol, Technology, The Guardian, Tim Cook, US Tech, US work & careers, Wealth, West Coast News

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