We consume many resources and products today by moving beyond basic needs to include luxury items and technological innovations in order to improve efficiency of  all kind of product that foes  from electrodoestics to  mobile phonees with GPS and MP3.
All these is because  throughout history we have always tried and investigated to find ways to make our lives a bit easier to live than they are in present time. However, increasingly, there are important issues around consumerism that need to be understood, such as know the border line between what is necessity from  what is luxury; how much  impacts  certain forms of consumption on the environment, on society, or even on individual; how do material values influence our relationships with other people: what is the impact on poorer nations and people on the demands of the wealthier nations , and so on.
What do you think about it? Could you answer any of these questions?


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