Why I carry a Newton...
... because it perfectly compliments my Macintosh LC III. ... because I'm a hipster doofus who also carries a rotary phone for some reason. ... because I fear change even when it makes perfect sense to do so.
... because it perfectly compliments my Macintosh LC III. ... because I'm a hipster doofus who also carries a rotary phone for some reason. ... because I fear change even when it makes perfect sense to do so.
Some common examples are buying a brand new car, using loose-leaf tea, buying wine that costs more than $8[1], eating at a restaurant that isn't the cheapest around, etc.
People do lots of "irrational" things for emotional reasons, and there's evidence that doing something the "hard" (in some cases inefficient) way makes the end result objectively more pleasurable.
1. http://io9.gizmodo.com/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-heres-why-49...
I've got old PDAs laying around and when you use them, it can be maddening how slow they are compared to our current expectations. But they do often have some interesting feature that is missing on our modern smartphones. It's fun to play around with them, but when it's time to get to work I put them away.