I wasn't being judgmental, mere factual. My hypothesis is that people want to maximize happiness/well-being and hoarding money and possessions is a suboptimal w

I wasn't being judgmental, mere factual. My hypothesis is that people want to maximize happiness/well-being and hoarding money and possessions is a suboptimal way of doing that. On a slightly related note, Sam Harris has written an excellent book 'The Moral Landscape' where he argues that science and scientists __should__ be judgmental towards morals and life choices.