Human beings love stuff.

From as young as two-years-old we understand that objects can be possessed, can become part of ourselves, that we can own something.

As Dr. Christian Jarrett (staff journalist at The Psychologist) puts it, “Our things embody our sense of self-hood and identity... becoming external receptacles for our memories, relationships and travels.”

In short, objects reflect who we are. We need them, we collect them, sometimes we even marry them. (Objectophilia – it's a thing, look it up).