It is a great tragedy indeed that we are programmed even before we leave our mothers’ wombs. We quickly learn that, to show our worth, we must do certain things, be certain things and buy certain things. The greatest tragedy yet is perhaps the assumption that one’s worth is somehow tied to how much one owns. It is a programmed world.
Activists of the slow revolution argue that the world is in need of a voluntary simplicity revolution. As Duane Elgin asserts, voluntary simplicity is not about living in poverty; it is about living with balance.
