Podcast HackWhy We Hold on to ThingsBy Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam, Bruce Hood
In a Nutshell
In this May 2021 episode of NPR's Hidden Brain podcast, host Shankar Vedantam speaks with psychologist Bruce Hood about our complex relationship with material possessions.
Favorite Quote
There are about 50,000 storage facilities in the United States. There are more storage facilities than Starbucks cafes or McDonald's restaurants.
Shankar Vedantam
Introduction
From childhood attachments like baby blankets to status symbols like luxury cars or handbags, humans are deeply connected to material possessions.
A psychological look at things like ownership and social signaling suggests that the objects we own impact us on levels far deeper than we may realize.
The Hidden Brain podcast explores the science and stories behind the unconscious behaviors that impact our lives.
Host Shankar Vedantam has over 25 years of experience reporting on human behavior and social science issues.
In this episode from May 2021, Vedantam talks to Bruce Hood, a psychologist at the University of Bristol, about why we love to own things and what our prized possessions say about us.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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