On TV shows about antiques

These programs persists - and often succeed - despite mounting evidence that younger people are uninterested in amassing domestic effects. For many millennials, products are considered inferior to services. This makes sense, given the sort of objects that now animate and enable contemporary life. Who could ever cherish a smartphone, knowing that its obsolescence is part of its marketing plan?

Petrusich, A., Mining gold, in The New Yorker, Dec. 4th 2017, pg. 78.