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The Diderot Effect: Why we want things we don’t need — and what to do about it

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The Diderot Effect: Why we want things we don’t need — and what to do about it

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Simple Living@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

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The Diderot Effect: Why We Want Things We Don’t Need

The Diderot Effect helps explain why we buy things we don't need.

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Life has a natural tendency to become filled with more. We are rarely looking to downgrade, to simplify, to eliminate, to reduce. Our natural inclination is always to accumulate, to add, to upgrade, and to build upon.

A timely reminder.

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