People and their collecting habits are a fascinating window to the human psyche, a real paradoxical box of Pandoras. On the one hand, there are people who collect to highlight their individuality. On the other, serious collectors can exhibit almost fanatical camaraderie with those who also appreciate what they treasure. A collector can be a [...]
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February 1, 2008
Order, order…
Continuing from last week’s Outliers post, I’m going to consider some of the more extreme things one could collect. Think not ‘extreme’ as in extreme sport, where goatee-bearded men on motorcycles roar off a 100 metre ramp only to rejoin their machines (after somersaults and a quick guzzle of the Sponsor’s product) three minutes [...]
