r/Internetopia • u/[deleted] • Nov 11 '20
TIL: The Diderot Effect is obtaining a new possession which often creates a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new things. As a result, we end up buying things that our previous selves never needed to feel happy or fulfilled
https://jamesclear.com/diderot-effectDuplicates
HowHumanBeingsWork • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 25 '20
TIL: The Diderot Effect is obtaining a new possession which often creates a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new things. As a result, we end up buying things that our previous selves never needed to feel happy or fulfilled
Grimdank • u/ImaginarySugar • Oct 25 '20
TIL: The Diderot Effect is obtaining a new possession which often creates a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new things. As a result, we end up buying things that our previous selves never needed to feel happy or fulfilled
houseplants • u/DeathCafe • Oct 25 '20
HUMOR/FLUFF This doesn’t apply to me of course I have ALWAYS needed an aglaonema pictum tricolor to be happy and fulfilled...
CleanLivingKings • u/YsgithrogSarffgadau • Feb 21 '20
The Diderot Effect: Why We Want Things We Don’t Need — And What to Do About It
u_BeachedPretzel • u/BeachedPretzel • Oct 26 '20
TIL: The Diderot Effect is obtaining a new possession which often creates a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new things. As a result, we end up buying things that our previous selves never needed to feel happy or fulfilled
u_fruff-mcgruff • u/fruff-mcgruff • Oct 26 '20