Stuffocation: Living More with Less - Brossura

Wallman, James

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ISBN 10: 0241257352 ISBN 13: 9780241257357

Casa editrice: Penguin Life, 2017

Riassunto

We're all stuffocated. We have more stuff than we could ever need - but it's bad for the planet and it's making us stressed. It might even be killing us.

In this groundbreaking book, trend forecaster James Wallman finds that a rising number of people are turning away from all-you-can-get consumption, from the exec who's sold almost everything he owns, to the well-off family who moved to a remote mountain cabin.

In Stuffocation, Wallman's solution is to focus less on possessions and more on experiences. It is a manifesto for a vital change in how you live - and it's the one book you won't be able to live without.

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Recensione:

Experientialism, as Wallman calls it, will define our future just as materialism has shaped our present (Observer)

Fascinating, inspiring, and great fun to read (Sunday Times)

Particularly timely ... [Wallman] is spot on (Daily Mail)

Persuasive... clever (Financial Times)

With a sociologist's eye and a storyteller's ear, James Wallman takes us on a tour... he identifies the rise of a new value system among those who are consciously replacing materialism with what he rightly calls experientialism. Spot on (B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore, authors, The Experience Economy)

Amazing, brilliant, incredible ... It's going to change my life. Buy this book and give 10 others away (Chris Evans BBC Radio 2 The Chris Evans Breakfast Show)

James Wallman has engagingly woven a mix of true-life stories to demonstrate why our materialistic society no longer makes us happy and what we can do about it. This is written with warmth and wit. The surprise is that Wallman's glimpses of the future also illuminate, with rare insight, the difficult process of culture change (Caroline van den Brul MBE, author, Crackle and Fizz)

Mixes personal and social commentary with a sympathetic understanding of where excessive consumerism comes from, and also has really good recommendations on what to do about it. An original, provocative mixture (Peter N Stearns, provost, George Mason University)

An exhilarating ghost train ride through the madness of over-consumption, during which we are taunted by our own greed. Fortunately, there is light at the end of the tunnel - and James Wallman takes us there (Mark Tungate, author, Adland: A Global History of Advertising)

It will definitely change your life and could change the world (Chris Evans)

L'autore:

James Wallman is a journalist, trend forecaster, speaker, and author. He has written for GQ, the New York Times, the FT, and advised clients such as Absolut, BMW and Nike. James wrote the futurology column in T3 magazine and was editor of The Future Laboratory's forecasting publication. He currently lives in London with his wife and children.

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• Editore: Penguin Life
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0241257352
• ISBN 13: 9780241257357
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 368