Intentional Communities Newsletter: August 15, 2009

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In his previous book, Affluenza, David Wann and his co-authors diagnosed the debilitating disease of over-consumption that is affecting America and other parts of the world. Simple Prosperity picks up where Affluenza left off and shows us how we can make a change for the better and increase our quality of life. It will give you insight into a lot of what researchers have learned about stress, happiness, community, etc. The one thing it won't do is show you how to make more money.

The book's important message is that human needs remain the same across all cultures, throughout history. What changes is the way we try to meet those needs. Needs are finite and achievable. Meeting essential needs satisfies us the way eating a healthy, great-tasting meal does. But most "wants" are infinite and insatiable. We eat too much and still aren't satisfied. In many ways our society is overfed and undernourished.

Simple Prosperity makes us realize that we are trying to buy essential, basic qualities (like appreciation, respect, health, self esteem, freedom, security and creativity) when in many cases we could satisfy these needs without spending any money at all.  David Wann argues persuasively that we have the social, psychological and technical tools to build a more sustainable society and that there is no higher goal we can aspire to.

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