Update - this was a helpful post with a list of some of the most-subscribed-to newsletters, but it's still pretty anecdotal: https://newslettercrew.com/the-most-popular-paid-subscriptio...

When I first read that, I thought they meant real unicorns (i.e. horses with horns), not billion-dollar startups

Now I'm imagining the US and China running competing genetic modification programs to develop their own unicorns.

True, it is pure status-signalling. According to the article, the average price for a 2-digit Delaware plate is $212,000. A single-digit plate got %675,000 in 2008.

Nominal GDP measures real money that can be traded. PPP measures how cheap or expensive a haircut is in a poor country.

Kind of reminds me Boop Bop, the fictitious startup that the modern-day Seth Rogan character is working on in the movie An American Pickle.

Also, there are many cars that can fit 3 baby-seats / car-seats in the back seat. Has that always been the case, or is that a new development?