Keeping up with the Jones

Juliet Schor used the phrase "go forward with the times" in her book "New New Politics of Consumption." This is very common and can not be more suitable for society. Average household debt excluding mortgage loans is estimated at $ 15,000, 8000 from credit cards. (Paul Bannister, bankrate.com) Credit cards are becoming a big problem in our society, which not only affects consumerism. It affects our lifestyle. There is a public place everywhere, it is difficult to understand credit cards.

Did you feel that you were absorbed in getting status updates on Facebook, receiving text messages and emails, receiving news alerts, rarely making calls? In a sense, it is like the idea of ​​"Follow Jones", the digital media will be Jones, we tried to keep up with it, and it failed tragically. Let's divide "fractalnoia" as we did for "digiphrenia". "Fractal" is a mathematical and geometric term referring to a structure with an irregular shape or a fragmented shape ("Fractal", Dictionary.com). "Noia" is another term used to refer to the state of human thought. Therefore, if too much information and too many connections are mixed, "fractal" will occur, so it will be a hard task to deal with it (Miller, "now obsessed").

In my conversation, the most common topic, whether young or old, is external verification and allows others to mislead the definition of your "success". (Well-known "Follow Jones") I wrote some content here about it. It is definitely a topic to be discussed further in future postings.

Americans stick to success and do anything to succeed. Americans always make America's dreams come true and we try to keep in touch with Jones. Americans know our society is designed for our lives, and we use it. If you succeed, you think they will help others, but this does not always happen. Americans are always trying to live a better life, but it seems they do not understand how to be born in a particular caste, and it is feasible not to rise to the world. We pay excessive attention to our values ​​and do not take the time to try out and understand values ​​of other countries really, so we will think about the fixed idea of ​​the gospel.