Obtaining New Possessions Creates a Spiral of Consumption

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan discuss the perniciousness of the Diderot effect and the reflexivity of desire with author and professor Luke Burgis. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	the
0:02.0	uh...
0:03.1	i was doing some prep for the sub-stud I don't know if this is in your book or
0:05.7	i was just read it somewhere else
0:07.5	uh... the deter o-effect
0:10.3	are you familiar with the deter o-effect i'm not okay so i've got the
0:13.8	definition here obtaining a new possession often creates
0:17.2	a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new
0:22.4	things
0:23.5	uh... different philosopher name uh... i forget his first name but deter o
0:26.9	what was his name so basically we we buy something
0:30.0	i think of the the example of you buy a really nice piece of furniture but you
0:33.4	have a bunch of crappy furniture at home
0:35.5	now the sudden you're like uh... now now all this other stupid furniture
0:39.9	i i i see this right now this to the deter o-effect when we're in this
0:43.0	temporary studio space which thank god we're gonna be out of soon
0:47.2	uh... but as soon as i we've started building out a new space
0:51.1	it makes me even want to be out of this space even more because the new
0:54.4	space is beautiful work working with the set designer
0:57.8	and now every time i see one of our youtube videos that are filmed in here i'm
1:01.6	like
1:02.3	yeah that was fine for a period of time but like it's not like the new space
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