There is a scene from a movie, I think it was 'Shaft' (the original, from 1971) where a guy enters another guy's apartment, which would be called a 'crib' nowadays, and surveys the rather stylish (yet spartan-seeming, from today's perspective) room. He questions the motivations of the occupant of the apartment as concerning his desire to get more money through dealing drugs. The dialogue goes something like this:
"Hey man, what you want to go back out there for?! Look what you got! You got color TV, HiFi stereo, a pair of Marantz speakers, and TWO Lincoln Mark IV's! You CRAZY fo' wantin' mo'!"
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Yeah, laughable these days, isn't it? What was the height of luxury in 1971 is nothing compared to what we have now.
And then, looking even twenty years back, everything that seemed new then seems antiquated now. Antiques! Just twenty years ago! (Check out the old school computer sitting on the desk in Seinfeld's apartment).
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The point is, if I look around today and seem entranced by the glittery, shiny, sparkly newness of anything, any new technology, car, or whatzit, it is going to seem old pretty soon. The way of the world is constant upgrading and discarding that which was useful only for a short while. If you try and hold onto something for the long term it's hard to do so because parts and service become scarce, the operating system won't support it anymore, the interest isn't there to keep it running because something better has shown up to replace it, or it won't interface with the other devices you now own ('smart' technology).
But don't get overwhelmed by it. The new will seem old only ten (or even five) years down the road!