Physical stuff exists to enable humans to live the lives we want to live. http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html Stuff that

Physical stuff exists to enable humans to live the lives we want to live. http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html Stuff that is expensive to buy is also often expensive to transport. "Antiques" and the like may make sense in world in which people move very rarely and tend to occupy the same apartment for decades. They don't make any sense for people who live mobile lives and move frequently. As others have said, you want to own your stuff, not have your stuff own you.