tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post1792432507394757281..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Are we post-stuff?David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-66514035093010738972012-05-07T23:18:01.221+01:002012-05-07T23:18:01.221+01:00>We value stuff less because we have so much of...>We value stuff less because we have so much of it already and because in general terms it's becoming cheaper.<<br /><br /> Sometimes. On the telly today Mike Atherton said he bought a new bat for his 10-year-old. £100.Dave Heasmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03711280312725701746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-1220224096579934362012-05-03T23:44:43.751+01:002012-05-03T23:44:43.751+01:00Nice idea in principle. But let me just come round...Nice idea in principle. But let me just come round and take your Mac, your iPod, your coffee maker, your car(s), your smartphone, your fridge-freezer, your washer & dryer, your microwave, your dvd player, flat-screen TV...<br /><br />But that's not stuff, eh? That's the basics...willshomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005551945995352850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-4796381254480600712012-05-03T15:19:18.167+01:002012-05-03T15:19:18.167+01:00Also, events now provide their own pecking order, ...Also, events now provide their own pecking order, which signals your status just as effectively as purchased stuff used to do. <br /><br />Once upon a time you just queued up for a concert ticket along with everybody else. Now, you need to be in the know to hear about an event...you need to be registered with the right website to get the right alert...then you need access to the pre-sale...then, if you actually get a wristband (and what a display item THAT is!) it has to be the right colour/access to attract respect.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927082748872458788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-70740801229966619022012-05-03T09:18:51.703+01:002012-05-03T09:18:51.703+01:00I wonder if it's anything to do with the fact ...I wonder if it's anything to do with the fact that people now have the means, not only to record their presence at events, but advertise it on Facebook, Twitter and such. In other word's it's not just the experience itself, but the whole long-lasting bubble it's in.Andrew Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16541858629437422079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-71959461423714988862012-05-03T07:57:05.908+01:002012-05-03T07:57:05.908+01:00We value stuff less because we have so much of it ...We value stuff less because we have so much of it already and because in general terms it's becoming cheaper. Our children value stuff less for similar reasons - when my teenage daughter started to learn the guitar she quickly got a good Les Paul copy that I would have killed for when I was 18 - but it cost half the price (in absolute terms, not just in inflation-adjusted real terms) of the piece of crap that I had to play till I was 21... withing three months it was discarded in the corner of the room, unloved. <br />Could it be that experiences have taken the place of 'stuff', because they are more significant as status-enhancers? They are more expensive, known to be more expensive, and can be recorded and bounced around your peer group with a 'look where I am now' tag...ageing hipsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647157883729105068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-84242136895186934562012-05-03T01:34:22.988+01:002012-05-03T01:34:22.988+01:00It seems to me that the public record or show of t...It seems to me that the <i>public record or show</i> of the experience has become ever more / <b>very</b> important; the iphone/camera to twitter, facebook maybe youtube-ing of what's being or has been seen, done and attended. <br /><br />Immediacy is the key. <br /><br />Showing off to the whole world in real time is now perfectly possible. <br />Previously this option was only available to the Late, Great, Freddie Mercury when doing Live Aid.<br /><br />The social 'validation' of the event in real or near-past time depends on those three or four key pieces of technology. Is this why the only items people 'typically' get excited about are those that contribute to the craze of the public show?<br /><br />So, displaying 'status' is still the prime driver but it is, product-wise, expressed differently.<br /><br />(Apologies for the long winded comment)office pesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516888180507856752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-32695809259039962732012-05-02T21:34:19.439+01:002012-05-02T21:34:19.439+01:00It sounds a healthier way to be.It sounds a healthier way to be.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-24013528555533321252012-05-02T16:44:49.988+01:002012-05-02T16:44:49.988+01:00As a company, Apple seems to spoil this theory.
A...As a company, Apple seems to spoil this theory.<br /><br />And while once I'd have said that's an exception that proves the rule, as the company continues to grow, I'm not so sure. We see it too with other phones and gadgets, with people pre-ordering to they get them on release date. <br /><br />And moving beyond consumer electronics, there are also the designer bags, limited edition clothing lines (e.g. the queues outside H&M for whichever star designer has produced a range), or even the "right" brand pots and pans or kitchen dustbins. <br /><br />So I'm not entirely sure.<br /><br />Indeed, the word "brand" has now entered common parlance where once upon a time it'd surely have been a specialist marketing term. Today Waitrose sent me an email detailing their pricing on "branded" goods. "Premium" brand lagers are generally understood by drinkers, and people shop at TK Maxx <i>because</i> it sells branded clobber.LeeJayWhistlingIsNotAnnoyingMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918116711259798827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-6175906886071232892012-05-02T16:25:16.739+01:002012-05-02T16:25:16.739+01:00Might be the case for entertainment items but comp...Might be the case for entertainment items but compared to past generations we have loads of stuff at home already . I bet NS your grandparents hoarded stuff either necessities Or possibly as portable wealth were as now you can kit out a home relatively cheaply in comparative terms. The stuff we don't care about is added extra stuff not pits and pans and bed sheetsBLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-38184835256180545902012-05-02T16:02:12.251+01:002012-05-02T16:02:12.251+01:00My grandparents, who lived through the great depre...My grandparents, who lived through the great depression and WW2, were horders. I wonder if living through a sustained period of peace and prosperity has the opposite effect...Nick Smalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475711379297730437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-3440383744631510982012-05-02T15:31:00.097+01:002012-05-02T15:31:00.097+01:00It's certainly an established fact that people...It's certainly an established fact that people value experiences over things and now "things" are all too often not even material objects, decreasing their perceived value even further.BaldySlapheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122283491292815849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-51134682515634984592012-05-02T15:24:06.056+01:002012-05-02T15:24:06.056+01:00I have had Bruce Springsteen latest CD for weeks a...I have had Bruce Springsteen latest CD for weeks as well as Spotify. Not listened to it yet I am jealous of daughter seeing hin at Isle of Wight in a few weeks.Monaghphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03689489720951440933noreply@blogger.com