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Gaining Perspective on Our Suffering

Faith Improvised

CHAPTER

The Influence of Advertising on Desire and Discontentment

The speakers explore the role of advertising in cultivating discontentment and desire, discussing how our economy relies on advertising and its portrayal of happiness through consumption. They also highlight the prevalence of drug commercials that depict seemingly terrible problems being solved by taking medication.

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