Well, my Nook (with overdrive installed)
does sort of work that way, though-- I can check out ANY available book from my state's digital collection anywhere that I have WiFi. It's pretty sweet, I must say.
UM also mentions something that I've noticed in DD-- she simply isn't much a material girl.
I mean, sure-- she expressed a desire to have a flat in London... and a house in the Marina district... but only for the
access that those things provide to places and activities that she LOVES... for non-materialistic reasons.
We are not materialistic, either, though-- we like to be comfortable, however.
My DH hates to feel that others are looking "down" at him, and is susceptible to one-upsmanship in a way that DD and I do not seem to be.
OOooooo-- LOOK at my new ______!! It's shiny and big and VERY expensive/exclusive/rare/special/you-don't-have-one-of-THESE-do-you?DD or I, generally;
"Oh wow-- I'm thrilled for you! How exciting! Tell me all about it!"{shrug}
I'm kind of thinking that "envy" really isn't part of her makeup or mine on some fundamental level. It's not lack of exposure to commercialism, either... We find marketing to be fairly ham-handed and amusing in its intent to convince people to buy-buy-buy things that nobody actually needs. We've trained her to be a VERY skeptical consumer of mass media content, in general.
