I get an image in my head when I see people on the street having these simple interactions on the phone. It's that image of primates sitting next to each other grooming one another. Simple, kind interactions with the ones close to us are innate. Buying isn't fun. Shopping is looking at things and imagining owning them or wearing them or using them.
Shopping is often around or with other people.
So, people will pay money for things that give them emotional satisfaction, especially those things that involve interacting with others, or have a high emotion content, like music. What content does not have is money. Copyright 1999-2001 by Daniel Bricklin All Rights Reserved.