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# The Pretentious Society
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2767/
- Published: 2005-10-20T11:57:11.000Z
- Updated: 2005-10-20T11:57:11.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Technology, #wpChunk

When a society doesn't recognize learning or virtue, it will use more base methods of distinguishing among its members.

> Diamonds are forever, but mobile phones are not designed to last quite so long. Unless you are a lucky recipient of a jewel-encrusted mobile this Christmas, that is. Vertu, a subsidiary of Nokia, is producing 200 mobile phones decorated with diamonds. The most expensive of the range are believed to be the first mobile handsets to cost in the region of £50,000 \[approximately $75,000\].

[Link](http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1595597,00.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

Would this type of accessory meet the NBA's new dress code?