James Wallman on making the transition from having to doing, and the future of work

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British author, James Wallman’s bestselling book, Stuffocation: Living More With Less is a provocative manifesto for change. It challenges the reader to move away from a mentality of materialism, from having more “stuff” than we know what to do with, to one of experientialism, to doing more and being happier and healthier for it. In the book, Wallman traces our obsession with stuff back to the original Mad Men who first created desire through advertising. He interviews anthropologists studying the clutter crisis, economists searching for new ways of measuring progress, and psychologists who link rampant materialism to declining wellbeing. And he introduces us to the innovators who are turning their backs on all-you-can-get consumption, and trading in materialism for “experientialism” – where they find more happiness, live more meaningful lives, and express status more successfully, through experiences rather than stuff. In this podcast, Wallman explains how we can make the transition from having to doing, and how we can apply the principles behind Stuffocation to our search for meaningful work.