> I think it is a psychological condition. People can have trouble letting go of obsoleted, unneeded object due to some emotional attachment. [Unless you hoar

> I think it is a psychological condition. People can have trouble letting go of obsoleted, unneeded object due to some emotional attachment. [Unless you hoard socially acceptable items, like status symbols or plain money, in that case most people will not see the problem] > an espresso machine ... performs twice as well as an equivalent device from 50 years ago ...or not. A rational reason for fixing stuff is that many products are objectively worse. > My feelings are not economics, they are emotions Another perfectly rational reason is prevent environmental collapse. It does not get more reasonable than that.