The latest installment of Max Borders‘ Ideas Matter update includes his musings about small triumphs attributable to capitalism.
It’s not just iPads and The Avengers that give us reasons to celebrate capitalism. Marginal improvements — all the little things — help life be more livable. Check out this toothbrush design. You used to have to lean down and stick your face under the faucet, or get your hand wet cupping water to your lips, or keep costly Dixie cups by the sink side. But some clever engineer has figured out how to make your toothbrush into a rinser, too.
Soon, of course, we’ll take this little toothbrush for granted and go back to our first-world problems. Here are some of my favorite…
“Some fascist smartass on campus made fun of my Che t-shirt.”
“I accidentally gave a homeless man a Euro coin. I was going to use that on my trip to Vienna next week.”
“I couldn’t get pizza delivered to my summer home the first day I was visiting because I had forgot my address.”
