{"id":24560,"date":"2026-02-12T16:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/?p=24560"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:56:40","slug":"conspicuous-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/conspicuous-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Conspicuous Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Position: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/345+Golden+Gate+Ave,+Belvedere+Tiburon,+CA+94920\/@37.866441,-122.4636227,254m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x808584643a0f4ead:0x3e6f38d0a3e0c8a5!8m2!3d37.8665056!4d-122.4627331!16s%2Fg%2F11xd14_v6m?authuser=0&amp;entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">37\u00b051&#8217;59.2&#8243;N 122\u00b027&#8217;46.7&#8243;W<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ive-balmuda-lantern.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ive-balmuda-lantern.jpg?resize=520%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ive-balmuda-lantern.jpg?resize=520%2C260&amp;ssl=1 520w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ive-balmuda-lantern.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ive-balmuda-lantern.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ive-balmuda-lantern.jpg?resize=215%2C108&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ive-balmuda-lantern.jpg?resize=400%2C200&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ive-balmuda-lantern.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ive-balmuda-lantern.jpg?w=1208&amp;ssl=1 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legendary designer and Steve Jobs influencer Jony Ive recently released a new \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balmuda.com\/lovefrom-balmuda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sailing lantern<\/a>\u2019 with his partner Balmuda. Its price? A snip at $4,800. That\u2019s $800 more than the cost of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yachtworld.com\/yacht\/1982-o'day-28-10070118\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1982 28ft O\u2019Day<\/a> sailboat, something that you might have a real adventure with.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this disconnect from the real world of sailing is a result of Ive\u2019s enormous wealth. Thanks to his work on the iPhone and other Apple products under Jobs\u2019 tenure, Ive earned hundreds of millions in Apple salary, stock options and bonuses. He invested in San Francisco real estate and in his design firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovefrom.com\/\">LoveFrom,<\/a> (whose first release is the nautical lamp). He recently completed a $6.5B <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/sam-and-jony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">merger of his other design company io<\/a> with OpenAI. The apparent goal is for OpenAI to become as annoyingly present as Apple iPhones.<\/p>\n<h6>Untethered<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jony-ive.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24563\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jony-ive.jpg?resize=220%2C256&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jony-ive.jpg?resize=446%2C520&amp;ssl=1 446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jony-ive.jpg?resize=879%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 879w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jony-ive.jpg?resize=768%2C895&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jony-ive.jpg?resize=172%2C200&amp;ssl=1 172w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jony-ive.jpg?w=1287&amp;ssl=1 1287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jony-ive.jpg?w=1208&amp;ssl=1 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, at some point Ive\u2019s helium balloon of success plainly <a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2025\/09\/20\/jony-ive-belvedere-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">untethered<\/a> him from reality. After all, no self-respecting sailor needs a $5,000 lamp. Especially, when a flaming diesel-soaked rag tied to a boat hook will do in a pinch. Perhaps on your superyacht to light a galley table laden with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteatlas.com\/beluga-caviar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beluga caviar<\/a> and bottles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vineut.com\/shop\/armand-de-brignac-special-edition-swarovski-in-coffret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades Swarovski Edition Brut<\/a>. And here\u2019s the thing: the Armand de Brignac gets only 93 points from Robert Parker. For around $2,000 less you can enjoy a <a href=\"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/larmandier-bernier-champagne-extra-brut-1er-cru-longitude-nv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larmandier-Bernier Champagne 1er Cru Extra Brut<\/a>, or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enterwine.com\/en\/torello-225-brut-nature-2018\">Torell\u00f3 225 Brut Nature 2018<\/a> (about 25 Euros), minus the crystal encrusted bottle.<\/p>\n<h6>Luxury Redefined<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-superyacht-KORU.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24566\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-superyacht-KORU.jpg?resize=520%2C389&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-superyacht-KORU.jpg?resize=520%2C389&amp;ssl=1 520w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-superyacht-KORU.jpg?resize=1024%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-superyacht-KORU.jpg?resize=768%2C575&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-superyacht-KORU.jpg?resize=215%2C161&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-superyacht-KORU.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-superyacht-KORU.jpg?w=1208&amp;ssl=1 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conspicuous_consumption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conspicuous consumption<\/a>\u2019 was coined back in 1899 when the American economist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thorstein_Veblen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thorstein Veblen<\/a> used the term in his book, \u201cThe Theory of the Leisure Class\u201d. Back then, the rich used silver spoons and impractically expensive luxury goods to distinguish themselves from the working classes.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the ultra-rich have turned their backs on luxury brands (anyone with enough money can buy a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hermes.com\/us\/en\/category\/women\/scarves-shawls-and-stoles\/view-all\/?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;engineid=GOOGLE&amp;utm_campaign=Hermes-G-TXT-US-EN-BR-Defensive-Scarves&amp;utm_adgroup=BR-Scarves-Women-SilkScarves&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_content=text&amp;utm_term=hermes%20scarf&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=17424520287&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD8zdL8YMEqWDxzoK6iqsY5ZkYSRR&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAkbbMBhB2EiwANbxtba4NJ_WLXVrioCCdgfsLXmZda5gKoyi1UVVSucSyXjAC-rEUlXJ_NRoCcA0QAvD_BwE#|\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herm\u00e8s scarf<\/a> these days) and instead favour \u2018luxury experiences\u2019. Hence, they are spending significantly more on bespoke cruises, superyachts and private jets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2025\/11\/20\/the-wealthy-are-spending-more-on-vacations-fine-dining-and-yachts-report-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">up 11% last year<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>As tone deaf as Sir Jony\u2019s lantern may appear from Aleta\u2019s salon, you can\u2019t fault the man for identifying a market for his goods. Marketing 101 states: if you\u2019re making goods (rather than providing services) in a declining goods market, you need to find (or make) new markets for your stuff. I\u2019m not sure how many lanterns a superyacht needs. Jeff Bezos hasn\u2019t answered my questions on the topic, yet. But a<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Koru_(yacht)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> $500 million yacht<\/a> needs light and what better way to go?<\/p>\n<p>That makes me wonder if there\u2019s a super-luxury bespoke white glove service that Aleta could offer? Perhaps for a million or two in Bitcoin a well-heeled billionaire might want to cross the Atlantic with us. We could certainly provide a unique experience. For a 50% non-refundable down-payment we\u2019d turn our Starlink on 24&#215;7 and stock the bilges with bottles of Armand de Brignac. We might even provide proper stemware.<\/p>\n<h6>Inflation<\/h6>\n<p>Aleta\u2019s limitations as a luxury vessel are well documented. But should the worst happen and abandonment at sea become necessary, we would allow our passengers first dibs at launching our lifeboat. Any tech bro would agree that pulling the inflation cord would be much more satisfying than peeling the film off a new flat-screen television.<\/p>\n<p>Should any of our readers be tempted to buy a Balmuda lamp for Aleta, please contact us first. We have a long list of upgrades that need installing ahead of new lighting. No matter how conspicuous.<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Position: 37\u00b051&#8217;59.2&#8243;N 122\u00b027&#8217;46.7&#8243;W Legendary designer and Steve Jobs influencer Jony Ive recently released a new \u2018sailing lantern\u2019 with his partner Balmuda. Its price? A snip at $4,800. That\u2019s $800 more than the cost of a 1982 28ft O\u2019Day sailboat, something &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[8,26,15,1809,1808,1807,1806,16],"class_list":["post-24560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humour","tag-aleta","tag-aleta-life","tag-carol","tag-flaming-rags","tag-lanterns","tag-lighting","tag-luxury","tag-mike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Conspicuous Consumption - The Adventures of Aleta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As tone deaf as Sir Jony\u2019s lantern may appear from Aleta\u2019s salon, you can\u2019t fault the man for identifying a market for his goods.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aleta.life\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/conspicuous-consumption\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conspicuous Consumption - 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