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Thought experiment about consumerism
Things, things… just pieces of junk, really. Sometimes I think: what if everyone lived simply, in caves with bare walls, and even without clothes? Then what meaning would life have for people? Today it often feels like consumerism is everything — work just so you can buy more things, basically. But an experiment in emptiness…
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Creation, contemplation, consumerism, possession
True happiness is not about having things, but about making/giving them; when you giving, you kind of already got some… Wanting to have a lot usually comes from feeling like you’re missing out on something. Being overly focused on having things will make you bitter. Creation surpasses possession because it, to a certain extent, encompasses…
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Average consumerism
Here’s a quick thought experiment – I’m going to come to him with my [most famous burgers franchise] burger (assuming he doesn’t familiar with [most famous world burgers franchise]) and he’s obviously more likely to say like it’s bad food. And don’t forget that we’re not talking about smart sophisticated and honest people, but about…
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Over-consumerism, poverty
In well developed countries, poverty is not what one does not have, but what he lacks – his needs, his wishes, quite often- delusional passions. Value’s point of view. In dark times of modern’s world concentrated over-consumerism ideals, peoples rarely feels satisfied with the basics everyone actually needs, but rather continuously seeks more and more,…
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Product
Music is in any case defined as a product: being named, packaged, delivered, consumed.