Despite voicing the fact, since at last couple of decades, that things and consumption do not make one happy and still media and businesses influence us to act against this fact. When more than 70% of the people do not or may be just get their basic needs satisfied the environment has changed so drastically. Imagine they too get better-off and start copying others! I shudder at the thought. Better-off commit a crime and a sin by increasing the aspirations of have-nots. They have broken the partitions between needs, wants, desires and greed and for them everything is a need. Migration to towns and cities have created large slums and the quality of town-life is worse than most rural life. Commuting time and energy saps urban people more than deprivation and leaves no time for family and friends. I do not think that this has increased sex perversion and abuse, violence and wars. The reason for their increase are different.
Krzystof's comment below is very apt. All good characteristics of human nature gets birth from 2 basic features. Contentment in every aspect of life and general good health. The moment one has these s/he becomes, empathetic, giver, co-operative, compassionate, tolerant, humble etc. 'Deep Economy' by Bill McKibbon is worth reading regarding back to Mother Earth and saving the environment.
On Mar 16, 2015 bhupendra madhiwalla wrote:
Despite voicing the fact, since at last couple of decades, that things and consumption do not make one happy and still media and businesses influence us to act against this fact. When more than 70% of the people do not or may be just get their basic needs satisfied the environment has changed so drastically. Imagine they too get better-off and start copying others! I shudder at the thought. Better-off commit a crime and a sin by increasing the aspirations of have-nots. They have broken the partitions between needs, wants, desires and greed and for them everything is a need. Migration to towns and cities have created large slums and the quality of town-life is worse than most rural life. Commuting time and energy saps urban people more than deprivation and leaves no time for family and friends. I do not think that this has increased sex perversion and abuse, violence and wars. The reason for their increase are different.
Krzystof's comment below is very apt. All good characteristics of human nature gets birth from 2 basic features. Contentment in every aspect of life and general good health. The moment one has these s/he becomes, empathetic, giver, co-operative, compassionate, tolerant, humble etc.
'Deep Economy' by Bill McKibbon is worth reading regarding back to Mother Earth and saving the environment.