Michael, Dwight and Andy: the Three Aesthetics of the Creative Class
[Upper class proles project 'I am winning'; Middles project 'I am serious'; Upper middles project 'I am at ease'.]
[Upper class proles show they are 'winning' by talking about daytrading, fantasy sports, and other publicly abailable information that is really about them. This is in place of ticket stubs and receipts that in the past would have been whipped out of their wallet to prove something.]
[The middles show they are 'correct' by discussin talking points and everything that's wrong with the world as an obvious contrast to themselves.]
[The upper middles show they are at ease by not pretending, as the middles do, but by gossiping hints about the secret context that no one else knows.]
[When the conversation turns yo real estate, the upper proles talk about prices, the middles talk about demographic and social issues, and the upper middles talk about renovation.]