- Title:
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Stuffocation: Living More With Less (MP3)
- Written by:
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James Wallman
- Read by:
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Kris Dyer
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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9 hours 10 minutes
- MP3 size:
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398 MB
- Published:
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March 01 2016
- Available Date:
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March 01 2016
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489080066
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Lifestyle - Wellbeing
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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'Like The Tipping Point meets Freakonomics – but with a huge idea at its heart.'
The Sunday Times
In this groundbreaking book, trend forecaster James Wallman reveals the world's growing sense of Stuffocation – and how we can move away from it.
We have more stuff than we could ever need – clothes we don't wear, kit we don't use, and toys we don't play with.
But having everything we thought we wanted isn't making us happier. It's bad for the planet. It's cluttering up our homes. It's making us feel 'stuffocated' and stressed – and it might even be killing us.
In this groundbreaking book, trend forecaster James Wallman finds that a rising number of people are turning their backs on all-you-can-get consumption, from the telecoms exec who's sold almost everything he owns, to the well-off family who have moved into a remote mountain cabin.
Wallman's solution to our clutter crisis is less extreme, but equally fundamental. We have to transform what we value. We have to focus less on possessions and more on experiences. Rather than a new watch or another pair of shoes, we should invest in shared experiences like holidays and time with friends.
With intriguing insights on psychology, economics and culture, Stuffocation is a vital manifesto for change. It has inspired those who have read it to be happier and healthier, and to live more, with less.
'Particularly timely ... [Wallman] is spot on.'
The Daily Mail
'Experientialism, as Wallman calls it, will define our future just as materialism has shaped our present.'
The Observer
'Wallman perceives a new flowering of resistance to the siren lure of physical commodoties.'
The Guardian
'Compelling ... a blueprint for future living.'
The Daily Telegraph