Quite! The article doesn't start off on a great note: > Fast forward to today. I have never worn my Target blouse. What had started out as ordinary now holds a

Quite! The article doesn't start off on a great note: > Fast forward to today. I have never worn my Target blouse. What had started out as ordinary now holds a special place in my closet, and no occasion feels quite worthy of my wearing it. > What happened here? Why do people own so many unused possessions, treating them as though they are too special to use? One person bought a blouse they don't wear and then extrapolate that people own so many unused possessions? Where is the data that shows how many people have unused possessions, how much of their possessions are unused and how many of those are unused due to their specialness? The article does build a decent case that the idea that once something is assigned a special status that status becomes amplified in an interesting way that should be investigated, but isn't itself a good investigation of that effect.