Aloha_Mark
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In Season 11 of CSI-Las Vegas, the character, Dr. Ray Langston, is investigating the case of a female hoarder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29f6AnVdIF0
The scriptwriters gave their interpretation of hoarding behavior, as originally espoused by the philosopher/psychologist Erich Fromm:
Dr. Langston:
"The philosopher Erich Fromm, he forecast a society that was obsessed with possessions. He believed that human beings have 2 basic orientations – having and being.
Now – a person with the having orientation seeks to acquire and possess things, property, even people, while the person with the being orientation focuses on the experience, they derive meaning from the exchanging, engaging, and sharing with other people."
"When you consider that in 1960 there was no such thing as public storage in America. Today there’s over 2 billion square feet dedicated to it – makes you think he had a point…
Things don’t have to mean everything nor do they have to be devoid of meaning. They are one of the ways in which we can experience and enjoy life."
I won't comment about whether hoarding is good or bad for society, but it is good for history. Just as there are some stamp collectors who purchase every issue from the US Postal Service, aren't there Gibson collectors who purchase every single production model? There are some members of this forum that own every Collector's Choice model. Now, there must be some member who owns every acoustic and electric hollowbody, semi-hollow, and solidbody Gibson guitar produced in the 1950's, possibly even as the original owner. And if they happen to be millionaires or billionaires, they have probably set up an ecosystem of parts and supplies for maintaining and restoring their collection. Before buying my first vintage guitar, I had acquired dozens of parts, including pickups, bridges, tailpieces, etc. When I got into vintage amps, I began hoarding RCA tubes, old resistors, capacitors, etc. Tell me that I am not the only person suffering from this affliction (some call collecting a disease, a hobby with no end).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29f6AnVdIF0
The scriptwriters gave their interpretation of hoarding behavior, as originally espoused by the philosopher/psychologist Erich Fromm:
Dr. Langston:
"The philosopher Erich Fromm, he forecast a society that was obsessed with possessions. He believed that human beings have 2 basic orientations – having and being.
Now – a person with the having orientation seeks to acquire and possess things, property, even people, while the person with the being orientation focuses on the experience, they derive meaning from the exchanging, engaging, and sharing with other people."
"When you consider that in 1960 there was no such thing as public storage in America. Today there’s over 2 billion square feet dedicated to it – makes you think he had a point…
Things don’t have to mean everything nor do they have to be devoid of meaning. They are one of the ways in which we can experience and enjoy life."
I won't comment about whether hoarding is good or bad for society, but it is good for history. Just as there are some stamp collectors who purchase every issue from the US Postal Service, aren't there Gibson collectors who purchase every single production model? There are some members of this forum that own every Collector's Choice model. Now, there must be some member who owns every acoustic and electric hollowbody, semi-hollow, and solidbody Gibson guitar produced in the 1950's, possibly even as the original owner. And if they happen to be millionaires or billionaires, they have probably set up an ecosystem of parts and supplies for maintaining and restoring their collection. Before buying my first vintage guitar, I had acquired dozens of parts, including pickups, bridges, tailpieces, etc. When I got into vintage amps, I began hoarding RCA tubes, old resistors, capacitors, etc. Tell me that I am not the only person suffering from this affliction (some call collecting a disease, a hobby with no end).