Technology/materialistic....

Those of you reading this are probably in some ways materialistic. The dictionary term for materialistic is a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values. This is true for allot of people especially those who live in city's where there is something being sold on every corner. If you would ask some people what they would take if their house was on fire one of the things they would likely say is their cell phone or ipod. Even if that's not true for a situation as dangerous as that it is the idea that matters. We as people have the need to want the latest on everything. Weather its a new ipod, or new cloths we still want and want. It doesn't mean were bad people but what is it that draws us to materials like laptops and other technological devices?. On another Blog someone referred to music as a drug that people are addicted to. I think this is true for everything else out there. There are some people out there who obsess over materials. People who will never stop buying the latest things they have been waiting forever to get. Although with today's economy allot of people are spending less on materials and more on important things. This still doesn't stop some of us from buying a new wii or a new Black Berry. Even if you feel as if this economy is effecting the bigger industries its still not stopping our technological advances. Big company's continue to show off their latest projects in events like the Consumer Electronics Show and try their hardest to make you the consumer interested in buying their product.Some people like Buddhists believe that Eliminating desires will stop your suffering and make you happier.That may be true but I believe that as long as brilliant ideas continue to exist we probably wont be able to eliminate our need to buy or desire.