self-indulgence
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Jobs may have been a leading preacher of Silicon Valley’s gospel of failure as a steppingstone to success, but his own self-indulgence nearly turned NeXT into a trek to nowhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
"It's at the very least unfortunate timing and shows a certain amount of self-indulgence."
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2024
Accompanied by a string quartet, it seems, by that point, less like theatrical excavation than self-indulgence.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
Freed of the menacing greed and self-indulgence that had almost overwhelmed them during that time, the villagers had learned to celebrate themselves, as they were doing this evening.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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