Materialism isn't about what you do, it's about how and why you do it. A materialist orients towards the world as a bunch of stuff to collect. You can orient towards art as stuff or as something else; art isn't inherently anything, it becomes something via interaction.https://twitter.com/cosimia_/status/1116995244501770240 …
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Hmm this makes it seem possible to be materialistic toward information/friends/etc. Which I guess is an intuitive idea, but only in retrospect (at least for me). Thanks for the bright idea!
You're welcome! Yes, it's possible to be materialistic about absolutely anything. Cf. "spiritual materialism," IMO one of the most interesting types because it strives so hard to look anti-materialistic on the surface: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_materialism …