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Does Beauty Obey the Law of Diminishing Returns?

Does Beauty Obey the Law of Diminishing Returns?

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Zohar Atkins
Dec 22, 2020
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The law of diminishing returns says that the value of a thing depreciates the more you have of it. For the average person, bites of chocolate cake, trips to Mars, and graduate degrees, obey the law of diminishing returns.

What doesn’t obey the law of diminishing returns?

Arguably things of infinite worth—love, life, meaning, presence, joy, awe, insight, …

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