What are you watching on Youtube right now? Part II.

Status
Not open for further replies.
The video that I posted "The High Price of Materialism" comes from an MIT researcher.

n The High Price of Materialism, Tim Kasser offers a scientific explanation of how our contemporary culture of consumerism and materialism affects our everyday happiness and psychological health. Other writers have shown that once we have sufficient food, shelter, and clothing, further material gains do little to improve our well-being. Kasser goes beyond these findings to investigate how people's materialistic desires relate to their well-being. He shows that people whose values center on the accumulation of wealth or material possessions face a greater risk of unhappiness, including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and problems with intimacy—regardless of age, income, or culture.

Drawing on a decade's worth of empirical data, Kasser examines what happens when we organize our lives around materialistic pursuits. He looks at the effects on our internal experience and interpersonal relationships, as well as on our communities and the world at large. He shows that materialistic values actually undermine our well-being, as they perpetuate feelings of insecurity, weaken the ties that bind us, and make us feel less free. Kasser not only defines the problem but proposes ways we can change ourselves, our families, and society to become less materialistic.

While that is interesting and it is something I'll like to believe, I'll like to read the research these 'scientist' are quoted to have done.

It's backed up by a lot of research. You can find his MIT page here.
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=8959

This guy sounds like an evil looter.

No. The evil looters are the ones who want to rape the environment so they can get rich. There is nothing evil about the video. You sound like an Ayn Rand cultist.
 
I HATED that stuff the one time that I tried it.

Perhaps it was because my friend thought it would be funny to have me take a spoon full of it by itself.

The only other thing that I have ever had that was so disgusting was this spicy chocolate mole sauce that another friend's dad made for dinner.

That is a classic trick we do on unsuspecting people. The real use of it is just a thin layer on your toast and that is enough to give you some flavour.
 
The only other thing that I have ever had that was so disgusting was this spicy chocolate mole sauce that another friend's dad made for dinner.
Mole sauce is one of the greatest epicurean delights ever created by the Mexicans.
 
After I finally managed to get that tune out of my head...


Link to video.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top Bottom