Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E061
Stuff – What Our Possessions Say About Us
Key takeaway: We have more stuff than ever, but is having it making us happier? If not, why not? Randy and James explore what things they had at different points in their lives, what have been the things of lasting value, and how to make our possessions serve our purposes.
Topics covered in this video:
- What was important to us as teenagers in high school
- Parents providing things for their kids
- How the military affected Randy’s attitude toward possessions
- The impact of (a) a place to put things and (b) how much one moves
- What of our possessions end up having enduring value and why?
- The transformation of media (books, music, movies) into digital form
- Why the cost of our possessions is much more than the purchase price
- Our things have utility for us and also serve a signaling function
- What would we take with us if we had only 30 seconds to grab something?
- Possessions also serve for many as a proxy of something else they’re trying to get (happiness)
- What happens to other people’s stuff when they pass away?
- People are not their wealth or their things; family heirlooms
- It can be a mistake to assume buying stuff will make us happy
- Ask yourself what purpose your possessions are serving, and to what extent they are fulfilling that purpose.
- Why having so much of our lives online makes it easier to pare down physical stuff
- Some of Randy’s and James’s favorite things
Resources in this video
Europe on $2,500 a Day
What Happens To All The Obsolete Technology?
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