http://www.woodka.com/2007/03/22/why-having-more-no-longer-makes-us-happy/ “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Alan Watts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.woodka.com/2007/03/22/why-having-more-no-longer-makes-us-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-67227 suburbanlife Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:40:26 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2007/03/22/why-having-more-no-longer-makes-us-happy/#comment-67227 Being a suburbanite and having taught high school in suburban and more rural/suburban communities I suspect there is a correlation between the degree of responsibility and communality developed in children who are raised on farms and ranches which are small-holdings. It is massive urbanization/suburbanization that has lead to people being divorced from the resources they consume and use and in doing so they are not personally responsible directly for an effort to acquire that which sustains them. Since they are not originating, they take for granted, and a cycle of unaware and increased consumption builds. What my neighbour has I must have and so on. I feel very much guilt for not having the consistent force of will over my lifetime to resist this desire to "fit in", and I do try to resist in my own peculiar ways. Being a suburbanite and having taught high school in suburban and more rural/suburban communities I suspect there is a correlation between the degree of responsibility and communality developed in children who are raised on farms and ranches which are small-holdings. It is massive urbanization/suburbanization that has lead to people being divorced from the resources they consume and use and in doing so they are not personally responsible directly for an effort to acquire that which sustains them. Since they are not originating, they take for granted, and a cycle of unaware and increased consumption builds. What my neighbour has I must have and so on. I feel very much guilt for not having the consistent force of will over my lifetime to resist this desire to “fit in”, and I do try to resist in my own peculiar ways.

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