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I disagree. There are advanced cultures in the world without this ambition you speak of (I'm looking at you, Holland), where convenient life in a local environm
by hellofunk 10y ago
I disagree. There are advanced cultures in the world without this ambition you speak of (I'm looking at you, Holland), where convenient life in a local environment that is all accessible by bike, eating lots of fish, and caring less about immense wealth and impressions and more about quality of life.. it is attainable.
- chr1 10y agoAnd the coolest thing about Holland is that they are one of first to do terraforming on a large scale by creating a local environment under the sea level!
- alanwatts 10y agoI'd be interested to see a comparison on the amount of advertising done per capita in Holland vs. the United States. Once I stopped watching television, I was no longer exposed to such incessant advertising. As a result, I stopped caring so much about impractical consumption. I.e. buying the new car they show every 10 minutes in such persuasive and skillfully crafted multi-million dollar targeted advertisements.
- RodericDay 10y agoMe too. I rail against advertising incessantly on here, but I really think it's far nearer to the core of the issue than a lot of people think. Even a lot of anti-ad folk are like "just make them less intrusive and it'll be fine". No, that's just an extra annoyance. Ads are, at their very essence, incredibly bad.
- alanwatts 10y agoJust did some number crunching and it appears Holland spends roughly half as much on advertising per capita than the US. http://www.statista.com/statistics/272314/advertising-spending-in-the-us/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/272314/advertising-spendi...