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Apr 20, 2006
"Every action has an ancestor of a thought." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Escape from Affluenza
Sometimes a book is so good it gets made into a movie. This time, the movie—a hit documentary on PBS from 1997—got made into a book. Affluenza, the film, began life on TV as a one-hour guided tour of America’s disastrous love affair with shopping. The film was sassy, snappy, and smart, supporting the sneaking intuition that our culture had fallen ill. The trouble? Overconsumption. We work more, to earn more, to spend more, and the spending can get out of control. As the last chapter goes, once you escape from affluenza, you recover a treasure that you didn’t even realize you had lost, a very limited and precious resource, the only thing you really have in this world: your time.
BE THE CHANGE
Purchasing is a necessity, but the next time you shop, try to become aware of the thought that led to the action.
