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for me, the value is in staring at it, running your hands over it, knowing that decades ago, perhaps hundreds of years ago, this specific object was being seen and felt by another person, just like you

a relic in the right hands is both a time machine, and a constant reminder, via all our senses, of our fleeting existence, and of what we can do in that brief time, and what we can leave behind

it's also why I like old-growth forests, which don't really require purchase

buying something mass-produced last month doesn't give the same sort of visceral, emotional connection