i have a theory as to why ppl in our society now has such an attraction to material things.
in human nature, it is inevitable to want to be lazy and just let other ppl do things for u. with material things, u can get it eg. a comp, to serve u and u only. u dun have to care abt its feelings for asking it to do those kinda stuff. wateva it is u want it to do la.dun need to be embarassed abt it. they will just serve their puspose and everybody will be happy. but if u are asking for a favor instead, u need to care abt other ppl's feelings, wat their thoughts are on this aspect, how well they will be able to do it, wat will be effect on ur friendship or wateva stage ur relationship is la. and sometimes i think its just so much easier to settle for material things.
but material things can recipocrate. it cant return wat u give to it, like taking care of it properly or wateva. and tt's where u realise tt u still need te human touch.

notice tt i got more and more incoherent rite after i started the first sentence. haha as usual my fingers and lousy typing skills cant keep up with my mind and everything is just a mess of ideas...ignore it if u dun understd.hahaha