It was a curated reality. The wealthy denizens of the marina were playing their own head game: If I am polishing my chrome and drinking a Bellini at 2:00 PM on a Tuesday, the recession cannot touch me. What were the marina dwellers watching and listening to on the night of Real Time 2009 09 18 ?
Because the marina lifestyle of 2009 wasn’t about new money; it was about preserved money. --- Real Time Bondage 2009 09 18 Head Games Marina
Entertainment in the marina lifestyle was bifurcated. It was a curated reality
The guests that night reflected the fractured zeitgeist. There was a neuroscientist arguing that the human brain is wired for irrational optimism—a "head game" we play to get out of bed in the morning. Across the table sat a conservative pundit still insisting the Iraq War was a net positive, and a liberal filmmaker who had just finished a documentary about the subprime mortgage collapse. Because the marina lifestyle of 2009 wasn’t about