The Long Education: Why America's Most Refined Consumers Are Learning to Cherish the Difficulty
Among wealthy Americans who have already acquired most of what money can purchase outright, a different category of aspiration is emerging — one that cannot be bought, expedited, or delivered overnight. The pursuit of genuine mastery, with all its attendant frustration and slow reward, has become the defining luxury of a generation that has grown suspicious of effortless acquisition. Friction, it turns out, is exactly the point.