Should we free ourselves of objects and clutter? | Paul Dolan, Mary-Ann Ochota and Steve Taylor
Philosophy For Our Times
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We're attached to things. Our dwellings are packed with items we rarely throw out. Things have traditionally given us comfort, but they also give us status. The wealthy often collect things for no other purpose than to own them. Is it not time to end this obsession? Should we all engage in a radical call? Or are things our only link with the past and unnecessary part of who we are? Joining us to debate the status of things is behavioral scientists Paul Dolan,. senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University, Steve Taylor, and British broadcaster Marianne Ojota.
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