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We spend and spend and spend and hold nothing in our hands
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Ownership is just a rental for the duration of your lifetime
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Indeed. Ownership is a fleeting concept considering the increasingly rapid change in circumstances in our lives (including and up to death). In fact, there’s something very cynical (in the original Diogenes acception of the word) and possibly liberating about letting go of ownership. Case in point, my great grandparents lived a much linear life — virtually born and died in the same place, one occupation throughout their professional lives, few and steady relationships within a narrow geographical circle. I OTOH move continents and switch jobs every few years, my areas of interest are greatly expended relative to theirs, etc. I may live a bit longer, but ownership is a material attachment that I don’t need nor want most of the time. I am arguably more of a different person now than I was ten years ago, relative to my ancestors across their entire lifetime.
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For example, I don’t need to bequeath my Photoshop license to my kid when I pass. Instead of buying a newer version every few years, I pay for a subscription for however long in my life I need it, and upgrades are included. My hobbies, interests, and professional needs are fluid enough that this model can serve me well. Books are another example. There are books I want to own in hardcover form because I consider them culturally important and timeless enough to form part of an inter-generational library. But I’m also open to flat-fee subscription services such as Kindle Unlimited to expand my reach to many more books I would not otherwise have thought of purchasing. Same goes for most consumption-based media (music, movies, TV shows, etc). I am glad that I no longer need physical CDs nor even curating a massive library of painstakingly tagged MP3 files.
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