“It seems to me that the best way to instantly raise your standard of living is to live in the past. If you subsist entirely on two-year-old entertainment, and the corresponding two-year-old technology used to power it, you’re cutting your fun budget in half, freeing up that money for more exciting expenditures like parking meters and postage.”
From Alt Text: New Cult Spares Members From Early Adopters’ Pain by Lore Sjoberg. The piece is tongue and cheek, but it’s not that silly to save some cash by hitting the local library.