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Why do people collect stuff?

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Pro@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science@mander.xyz⁩

https://news.arizona.edu/news/why-do-we-collect-u-study-shows-its-about-seeking-structure

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  • cram@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Collecting stuff?!? In this economy?! Nah, I think its just an inherent human desire to collect things and show them off.

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  • ClownStatue@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I read all the Jack Reacher books a couple years ago, and one of the fascinating things about the character is his aversion to owning things. In some of the books, he talks about it a little and it’s an interesting insight to that worldview. I think they kind of stopped talking about it in newer books, and the character has gotten kind of less interesting because of it. At one point, he inherits a house, and that seems to become a minor trauma for him!

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  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How can we bear to throw anything away?

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    • sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is a nice little gem of a video.

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  • desmosthenes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “security”

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m guessing it has something to do with the neocortex.

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