Consumerism and overconsumption, from the perspective of "evolutionary psychology." Features the 2nd half of the video documentary, "Consumed: Inside the Belly of the Beast." An interesting view of our addiction to consumer products and our estrangement from nature. Has some very good insights from the fields of psychology, sociology, and economic history. Introduction by KD.
This week: Plus additional reflections by philosopher/economist Charles Eisenstein. (Continued under "Credits" ... )
Of interest this week: Professor Alastair McIntoshs remarks on the admirable aspects of the "hippie" culture of the late 1960s. In the coming decades, we may all need to start acting less like yuppies and more like hippies.
Adapted to radio by K.D. Thanks to Robin Upton for introducing me to the video. Robins own radio adaptation of "Consumed" may be found in installment #634 of his show, "Unwelcome Guests," available at radio4all.net and at www.unwelcomeguests.net
This installment was previously broadcast, as NWN #260 (February 2013).
"New World Notes" is produced under the auspices (Latin for "first floor") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
You can download this installment of New World Notes--in either MP3 or OGG format--also from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org). This page has the download links: https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNotes260-ConsumedPart2
SERIES OVERVIEW -- Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for. "Date recorded," below, = date of first scheduled broadcast.
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