“Should consumerism be the last thing we accomplish as a species, after all this evolution and the miraculous series of accidents that granted our sentience? Would that not be an utterly dull and inane end to our history?” ConsumptionConsumerismEscapismOverconsumptionNew Escapism Book:Escape Everything! Source: Escape Everything!
“All we do is work to maximise our consumption privileges and to be able to tell people at parties that we’re a lawyer, an artist or a police officer.” WorkConsumptionConsumerismEscapismNew Escapism Book:Escape Everything! Source: Escape Everything!
“With today’s technology, social attitudes and appetite for self-actualisation, we’d ideally look upon our work with a sense of pride, involvement and accomplishment. But we’re rarely given the chance. Instead, we pretend to love our jobs with an almost idiotic zeal, while being secretly exhausted and insulted by them.” WorkTechnologyJobNew Escapism Book:Escape Everything! Source: Escape Everything!