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Something You Should Know

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The Importance of Sentimentality in Our Emotional Connection to Physical Things

Our connection with material things isn't just a financial transaction. When it comes to things which belong to people, especially relatives, then they acquire sentimental value. Sentimentality is a really important motivation, I think, in our emotional connection to physical objects. And this is why an original work of art is worth so much more than an identical duplicate.

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