What’s in it for me? Why our desire for more and more stuff is hurting ourselves and the planet.
Clever marketing tricks exploit our natural desire for more and more stuff.
We experience information overload every day.
The availability of food has led to problematic eating habits and a number of health problems.
The constant craving for new material things is indicative of unhappiness.
Work is our new addiction.
Our seemingly limitless options and search for the perfect choice makes us miserable.
Infinite happiness is neither possible, healthy nor desirable.
Never-ending economic growth and wealth are mere fairy tales.
Unlike material possessions, there are some nonmaterial things that we really can’t ever get enough of.
In order to change our culture of excess, we need to tackle some taboos.
Final summary