Do we really need more 'stuff'?

Author(s)

Michael Bass, University of Central Florida

Description

The University of Central Florida (UCF) Forum is a weekly series of opinion columns presented by the UCF News & Information. The columns are the opinions of the writers, who serve on the UCF Forum panel of faculty members, staffers and students for a year. A new column is posted each Wednesday at UCF Today and then broadcast between 7:50 and 8 a.m. Sunday on WUCF-FM (89.9).

Publication Date

4-6-2016

Keywords

Stuff; Things; Demand for “stuff”; Changes; iPad; Mobile phones; Making choices

Introduction

Since most people are busy acquiring more and more things, it may be past time to start thinking about the question: Do we really need more “stuff”? However, it can’t be too late if “stuff” is defined properly.

Subjects

Change; Materials; Needs assessment; Need (Psychology)

Creator (Linked Data)

Bass, Michael, 1939-(VIAF); Bass, Michael, 1939-(LC)

Collection

UCF Forum

Publisher

University of Central Florida

STARS Citation

Bass, Michael (2016). Do we really need more 'stuff'? UCF Today, 2016-04-06. Retrieved from http://today.ucf.edu/undefined-23/

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