All true, of course. But what are you going to do about it, other than bitching? We ALL swallowed the Kool Aid when the advertising industry hijacked our brains with the belief in “progress”—the idea that more is always better, and that newer toys would make us happy. But real happiness only comes from health, competence, and resilience; from making and doing things rather than buying them; and above all, from the wisdom to know that enough is enough, and to devote our time and energy to growing gardens, growing community, and growing awareness. ALL of our pre-consumerist ancestors knew this quite well. We need to relearn it.