385 Quotes About Stuff





  • Author Peter Walsh
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    Experts have called behaviorial economists have noted an issue they call the endowment effect, Dr.Tolin says. Merely owning an item causes you to exaggerate its value, or "endow" it with more worth..... But the endowment effect can make even insignificant items feel more important to you.--pg17 Even when people don't talk about feeling responsible for an item and they don't fell like the item is too important to get rid of because it's THEIRS - and that's all there is to it. --p18

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  • Author Tynan
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    When you don’t get rid of things you aren't using, you are blinding yourself to a critical part of the consumer experience: what happens to things when you’re done with them. When you have the habit of periodically getting rid of things you aren't using anymore, your brain begins to create links between the beginning (buying) and the end (selling) of all of your stuff.

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  • Author Stefan Mohamed
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    The chemicals might be S-T-U-F-F ... like ... um ... seretonial-tryskelion-uberwobble-flexing-fluxamine, or whatever. Who cares.

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  • Author Stefan Mohamed
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    I don’t feel comfortable taking some random stuff,” I said. “Especially stuff that’s called Stuff.

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