This is a timely article. I have been pondering this very topic for a while. What leads some people to attempting to endlessly accumulate more, bigger, and costlier things? I don't have much desire for expensive items, nor filling my home with junk (it still gets too much), but when meeting others they're often continually desiring new things. A new car, a bigger boat, a new stereo system, a larger house with more whirligigs.
When does it stop and how do people reach a place of contentment?
I like having systems and resources that are sufficient, not endlessly bigger. I have no idea why I'm this way, but my neighbors seem to have an ever burning desire for a truck that's bigger with more dashboard features.