Buy Experiences instead of Possessions to Build Social Connection
Briefly

"Although the specific approach in each study varied, we found that people reported feeling more kinship with someone who had made the same experiential purchase than someone who had made the same material purchase."
"Experiential purchases tend to bring people more happiness than material ones, and our data show that this type of consumption is more central to an individual's identity."
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