Obsession to things and materialism is not something good, but simply saying be happy with what you got is not always true. Let's say you want to buy a new comp

Obsession to things and materialism is not something good, but simply saying be happy with what you got is not always true. Let's say you want to buy a new computer, do you need it because the one you have already is not sufficient or is it just for bragging rights, when it's the latter you probably will find some after-rationalization, that you will need it when you try to make some new big data tool or play games. Humans are not very good at critically evaluating their possessions, we become emotionally attached to some of our things and might start to hate other things, e.g: anthropomorphizing our car doesn't do us any good. Sometimes it's better not to have a car than do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxUc (Basil Attacks His Car - Fawlty Towers - BBC)