One Red Paperclip

I was hooked the first time I saw the concept behind One Red Paperclip. I'm fascinated by this guys ability to take a children's game and turn it into a global phenomenon. Now in this post he takes a bunch of his readers to task for thinking that a KISS snowglobe was a major step down the value chain. I believe that this points to the notion of progress that we all seem to have. "Why would he trade for something that clearly has LESS value?" we all ask! Well, turns out he has a very good reason.