Consumed - Is Our Consumer Culture Leading to Disaster?

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Consumerism has become the cornerstone of the post-industrial age. Yet how much do we know about it and what it is doing to us?Using theories of evolutionary psychology to underpin a bold narrative of our times, this film takes a whirlwind tour through the "weird mental illness of consumerism", showing how our insatiable appetite has driven us into "the jaws of the beast". Both an apocalyptic and redemptive view of the human condition.

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  • Thanks for the comment, Debra. I totally agree. If you or anyone else are interested, Canadian biologist/environmentalist David Suzuki writes a lot about consumerism in his book, The sacred balance: Rediscovering our place in nature. There's also a great BBC documentary series widely available online called "Century of the Self" that offers a look at the rise of consumerism.

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