The high price of materialism
by Tim Kasser · first published 2002
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If you'd like a fairly short book, The High Price of Materialism by Tim Kasser isn't focused specifically on early childhood, but, if I recall correctly, it does touch on the subject. It's all correlational, of course, so it's not like this is a scientific certainty.…
on “Coke and Pepsi are getting sued for lying about recycling” ↗This book is worth a read: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/high-price-materialism Tim Kasser, The High Price of Materialism It discusses studies on how materialistic desires relate to one's emotional well-being (all correlative, as I recall), and then goes from there into a thoughtful analysis of how materialism alters a…
on “The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be Happy (2010)” ↗The High Price of Materialism by Tim Kasser is a good read. It's a popular work that goes through a lot of research on how focusing on material definitions of success can ultimately run counter to your emotional well-being. The pleasure…
on “Why Aren’t Rich People Happy With the Money They Have?” ↗…MLM companies like Herbalife feed to their members. People seem to have trouble recognizing a scam when there are some token people for whom it actually worked out well. And no, it's not healthy. The High Price of Materialism by Tim Kasser is about 20, 25 years old now, but summarizes a lot of the research on this sort of thing as of that time. Long story short, you get caught up in chasing the dragon.
on “Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week” ↗