Creating Need
Car & Home Shop, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia © Jim Korpi
“You know what your country has done so well?” my friend Abdullah asked. I was not sure where he was heading with this questioning. “For so long your country has been good at creating needs.”
As a salesman, Abdullah envied this cultural trait, the ability to create needs.
As countries move towards emulating the United States, I wonder what a world filled with created needs will look like.
Jim
April 17th, 2012 at 2:00 pmAre they really needs,or just merely wants??
Yes. They are often wants. Do we need an iphone? Do we need an ipod? Do we need a new pair of shoes when we have shelves of others? But they don’t go with my pants. I need new pants…
April 26th, 2012 at 1:53 pmHave a look at this guy’s speech at the TED conference: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff.html