A little aggressive, no? No one's "deciding" anything for anyone in my comment. You don't get to decide how much work/social engagement/widget purchasing makes

A little aggressive, no? No one's "deciding" anything for anyone in my comment. You don't get to decide how much work/social engagement/widget purchasing makes you content any more than you can "decide" how many drinks it takes for you to get drunk. All I'm saying is that many people could both reduce their consumption and improve their quality of lives by optimizing for factors unrelated to material consumption.