ya, but some of the joy comes from owning a new camera with some technology I have not tried b4. not necessary the latest, but rather something new to me. Example I have owned fujifilm super CCD, sigma's Fovean sensor, D700 full frame sensor, olympus 4/3rds format. All of them are something different and behave rather differently.
err.... I think u are reading too deep lah, "social problem"? It is just a new toy. People always wants new toys. That is what drives people to earn more money what.