tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post4022880478253082728..comments2023-09-30T09:47:45.185-06:00Comments on The Land of Melting Shadows: Living Deliberately ~ Wants vs. NeedsJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-75033483041172906632014-02-14T12:29:58.587-07:002014-02-14T12:29:58.587-07:00When I started university so many years ago, I stu...When I started university so many years ago, I studied political theory including the role that advertising plays in a consumer society. Thank goodness for that course! A seminal book taught me that consumer society depends for its very existence on people who cannot distinguish wants from needs. It is the social function of advertising to create those people. Being taught this has made a profound difference in my life and saved me from mindless consumerism.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-71641685962286657752014-02-14T09:38:15.222-07:002014-02-14T09:38:15.222-07:00I found the 'wish list' function on so eas...I found the 'wish list' function on so easy to order Amazon a very handy way to put some thinking time for want vs need. A lot of stuff stays on the wish list :-)the dogs' motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512888563325865616noreply@blogger.com