Rory Sutherland Rory Sutherland

The Wiki Man: Class system

issue 21 January 2012

1) Imagine you have the choice of living in two worlds. In World A you have a five-bedroom house and everyone you know has a six-bedroom house. In World B you have a four-bedroom house and all your friends have three-bedroom houses. Which world would you prefer?

2) You can live in World C, where you get five weeks’ holiday a year and your friends get six.

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