Hungry Ghosts and Super Yachts

Shallow people and big boats

Photo by Arno Senoner on Unsplash

Last week the New Yorker published a long story about the super yacht phenomenon and the kind of people who buy them. It’s disturbing for a number of reasons. I have a fascination with these things because they seem so incredibly absurd, and I learned nothing from Evan Osnos’ article to disavow me of that feeling.