"While the tech industry’s fashion sensibility (or lack thereof) is hardly its most glaring problem, its attitude toward clothing does illuminate its characteristic attitude toward public space, as well as its hopes to internalize any benefits it creates. Fashion is a mode of display that enriches public space and a culture’s shared meanings, but as it enters the culture, it ceases to strictly belong to anyone. It can be observed and often copied without having to pay anyone for the privilege. That is, it creates positive externalities — benefits for which people don’t have to explicitly pay, but can enjoy just by being present in shared space. This acts as a beneficent spiral, with personal style and the public sphere enhancing each other’s significance."