The Story of Stuff

We ran across a really cool site: http://storyofstuff.com/

This is a really interesting overview of the birth of consumerism, and the resulting production chain required to bring consumer goods to the homes of folks in the developed world. It's eye opening, and really pretty damn depressing in many ways to watch. It gives a pretty clear view of the wastefulness of developed society, often at the expense of the developing world. I'd strongly recommend you give this a watch.

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I started out with a focus of sorts on books. I decided after much deliberation (maybe 5 minutes worth) to branch out to other media items, such as movies, web sites, and other such nonsense. No particular reason I suppose, but I don't mind writing a bit, and this gives me more of an excuse.

No Logo

I started in on No Logo by Naomi Klein, and unfortunately it turned into no-reado. The subject matter is relevant and interesting, but this book just wasn't grabbing my attention. We also recently moved, and maybe the chaos of that had something to do with it, but I just couldn't get into it. When it was time for the library to want it back, I wasn't compelled to renew. There ya have it. Best of luck with it, should you decide to give it a go yourself.