Originally Posted by
PeteHski
I'm pretty sure you used the term "activating your reward centres" to make it sound slightly derogatory.
I'm pretty sure I used it to distinguish the
pleasure of anticipation, aquistion, and ownership from the marginal functional
utility of one choice vs another.
And as I've been saying all along, there's nothing wrong with putting available funds into an activity that has a large role in your life. At least not as long as at some private never-admitted angrily argue with anyone who would dare to suggest such a thing level in the back of your mind you're being halfway honest with yourself about what you're doing.