> "There are experience-like things; like a basement carpentry workshop or a fine collection of loose-leaf tea. And there are thing-like experiences, like an I

> "There are experience-like things; like a basement carpentry workshop or a fine collection of loose-leaf tea. And there are thing-like experiences, like an Instagrammable vacation that collects a bunch of likes but soon fades from memory." I would retitle the article as "Buy Experience-Like Things, Not Thing-Like Experiences". Or maybe "experience-enabling things" is a better way to put it. I don't think anyone would ever discourage buying a piano, basketball, snowboard, camera, Raspberry Pi to tinker with, etc, because these all enable experiences that wouldn't be possible otherwise. Things and experiences aren't inherently good or bad. It depends on the thing and activity. It's true that many experiences do require things (eg. having/renting a car to visit cool places), but many of the best experiences can't just be bought with money (the classic example being romance).