whatsinmybag

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The whatsinmybag meme is what got me using flickr to begin with and is an example of how people are going to shop — and keep shopping — in the future. A social, curated consumption of goods based on the show and tell mode of presentation.

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One of the greatest losses of the online age, and something I think about often is the loss of the paper “stuff” of life. We used to hang on boxes and boxes of documents, and I suppose if you’re living under the spectre of Sarbannes-Oxley, you still do, to some extent. But the personal goodies – the postcards, the letters, what is now in the ephemera category of eBay has largely gone away for a new generation. So has the need for space in one’s habitat for CD collections. So, I was thrilled to find PSFK’s link to this treatise on Temporariness, a meme that’s cropping up all over the place these days. From timeshares and music to clothing and more, the notion of “ownership” has changed dramatically. For the consumer, consumption seems to be more and more about the purchasing of sensation and experience rather than the old notion of ownership, which very often included a box, some tape, and the need for space. All of this a natural complement to “digital living,” to creating a myspace page, or living virtually in a metaverse like Entropia Universe or living a second life. We no longer need the deed, per se, on the things we handle or enjoy.

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