Please have a look a this:
There’s a short movie there (with some cool cartoon art) that talks about where all our stuff comes from, the way we attempt satisfy our emotional needs through shopping, and how much waste we produce. I’ll admit that it made me cry a little bit. There’s hope, though, in the choices we make. We have so much power as “consumers.”
One of the most interesting points to me is that we are, on the whole, not any happier by having more and more stuff. In fact, according to the movie, our “national happiness” has declined steadily since the 50s, which is when our national happiness peaked. There are scientific studies that show this (I’m curious how it’s measured). It also squares with my own observations (though those don’t start until the late 80s).
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