But in excess, materialism can take a toll on your well-being, relationships and quality of life. Here are six things you should know about the psychology of consumption -- and strategies to find freedom from materialism. read more
Consumerism is a broader philosophy of promoting the interests of consumers above all else. In my line of work, software, this is a philosophy of focusing on the end user as a priority in considering design. read more
Most basically, materialism is a philosophy that holds that the only substance of reality is the real. It is that part of reality that Kant called the phenomenal. When a questioner asks the sort of question this one did, however, she is referring to the sort of materialism that is a human trait. read more