A hokey word but interesting thought

So, I'm reading The Spirit Level and it throws out a number of challenging, frustrating, and interesting thoughts.

I decided I should share one:

Affluenza-  "a set of values which increase our vulnerability to emotional distress"
"Advertisers play on this, making us dissatisfied with what we have, and encouraging invidious social comparisons."

I think that affluenza has a large, detrimental impact on our society!  That, and I'm nerding out on the awesomeness of the phrase 'invidious social comparisons'.  That one's going to come back up someday.

   ciao, ben