Já na parte II se comentaram as conclusões de Gilovich. Sim, reconheço a superioridade das experiências sobre as coisas mas... também sei que as coisas podem adquirir uma conotação trazida por serem capazes de embeberem certas experiências que partilhámos com elas.
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Por exemplo, o velho saco-cama que tantas vezes me acompanhou, os velhos binóculos, o velho chapéu comprado no aeroporto de San Francisco, tudo coisas com as quais vivemos experiências e que absorveram essas experiências.
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Por exemplo, esta caneta que comprei há mais de 20 anos:
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Mas voltemos a Gilovich através do artigo "The 7 Reasons That Science Says You Should Pay For Experience, Not Things":
" experiences are more likely than material goods to lead to happiness.
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[with experiences]1: We see the world through rose-tinted glasses
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You can make them seem better in your mind.
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[Moi ici: Claro que o artigo começa mal quando assume que correr, ou dar um passeio à chuva, é sempre uma má experiência. Pessoalmente, por exemplo, adoro fazer jogging debaixo de uma chuva miudinha] Of the cyclists, they found that even the ones who'd had a bad experience—a day of cycling in the rain—had a great time. When asked later, instead of thinking of that rainy day as unpleasant, even though it was at the time, they re-interpreted it as rewarding.
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With experiences, our memories bring the best bits to the front and give them a rosy glow—and the annoying, tiresome parts fade into the forgotten background.
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2: We get bored of stuff easily
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3: It's harder to compare experiences
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4: The life-changing magic of flow
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5: To wait (for an experience) is great
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6: Experiences make the man (and the woman)
Experiences are better than material goods because we are more likely to think of them as contributing to, and part of, who we are.
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7. We're people people"
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