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Two Extremes of What We Really Need
What do human beings really need? At one tragic extreme, at least 700 million people do not have access to clean water. Every year, half a million children ...
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Warren Buffet on Sacrificial Generosity
I once heard Warren Buffet say in an interview (I paraphrase here) about his $26 billion gift to the Gates Foundation: "My gift has not changed my lifestyle ...
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Passengers Love Their Bags More Than Life
On Tuesday, September 8th, 2015, a British Airways jet caught fire at the Las Vegas airport, sending smoke billowing into the air, after suffering what ...
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Billionaire Tweets About His Emptiness
In 2014, software giant Microsoft paid $2.5 billion to acquire Mojang AB, the Swedish company that created the worldwide gaming sensation Minecraft. The ...
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Ship Stuffed with Gold Sinks Off Wales Coast
On the 25th of October in 1859, the steam clipper Royal Charter rounded the island of Anglesey off the coast of Wales on what was supposed to be the celebratory ...
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Ancient Ruler Loved Things, Used People
Abd Al-Rahman III was a ruler in 10th-century Spain who lived in complete luxury. Here's how he assessed his life: "I have now reigned above ...
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Black Friday Trampling at Walmart
Professor James A. Roberts uses the following true story to illustrate the power of our "worldwide consumer culture" (which he defines as "the ...
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If Your House Were Burning, What Would You Grab?
If your house was burning, what would you grab on your way out the door? That question intrigued photographer Foster Huntington, so he gathered his must-save ...
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Timeline Shows How Luxuries Become Necessities
An article from The Atlantic observed that over the past 100 years we have often turned yesterday's luxury products into today's necessities.
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Research Shows That Money Changes Us for the Worse
A Boston Globe article asked the following question: Does money change you? "Here in the home of the American dream," the article stated, "most ...
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