Why are humans so obsessed with quantity?

Taking a big step back (or OUT you may say), and looking at the current "landscape" or "ecosystem" if you will, we see A LOT OF STUFF. But nothing that's really super innovate. Hundreds of frameworks, new languages sprouting up all the time, more and more apps.

But we still have infinite problems and it's arguable as to whether all of this STUFF has made a huge impact on the grand scheme of quality of life. Perhaps if we zoom back in past the general quality of life and back into the software space at least, there does seem to be an extreme focus on quantity. How many of xyz can get get out in J time? "How much?" is asked a lot more than "How good?" This is one of the things that concerns me about my generation. I'm not sure if any of you have had the experience of using a poor quality piece of software every day for a long time, then suddenly you discover software which does the same thing but it was developed with a lot more time/attention/QUALITY. It's a night-and-day difference, and friends, it's scary.

But in general, this trend can be seen in many areas of humanity. After you get an expensive car, it becomes "how MANY can you get?" "How MUCH money can we earn?" "How MANY matches can you get on Tinder?" Etc... It's like we are being socially conditioned that "More = better" when in reality, that isn't true at all. How many people who have a lot of money or other things actually lead sad, depressing, low quality lives? Many, as we see with celebrities. And again, I myself just did it by asking the quantity of people that we see. I'm seeing thousands more video games, tons more languages, tons more apps, and etc... Sprout up now than in my childhood, but very few actually seem to make a lasting difference. What are your thoughts on this?