James Wallman
Författare till Stuffocation
Verk av James Wallman
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- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Bostadsorter
- London, England, UK
Palo Alto, California, USA
France
Greece - Utbildning
- Oxford University
University of the Arts - Yrken
- journalist
- Kort biografi
- James Wallman is a journalist, trend forecaster, speaker, and author. He has commented on trends happening now, and predicted what will happen next, for publications like GQ, the New York Times, and the Financial Times, and for clients such as Absolut, BMW, Burberry, and Nike. James wrote the futurology column in T3 magazine from 2008-2012, and was editor of a trend consultancy called The Future Laboratory's forecasting publication, LS:N Global, from 2009-2013. James has an MA in Classics from Oxford University and an MA in Journalism from the University of the Arts London. He has lived in France, Greece, and Palo Alto in California and currently lives in London, with his wife and daughter.
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Statistik
- Verk
- 3
- Medlemmar
- 332
- Popularitet
- #71,553
- Betyg
- 3.6
- Recensioner
- 42
- ISBN
- 18
- Språk
- 2
The author is a “trend forecaster” and argues in this book that people have become too materialistic (and this makes them/us unhappy for the most part). He argues that people are likely to move towards experiences rather than material items for happiness.
This was interesting. I think that I am already at a “medium chill” stage (pretty much happy with the status quo), and some people are like that, but it’s not something that the author feels will really take off with most people. The author initially talks about how Western society became so materialistic, then describes different ways of changing this and whether or not these ways will take off (including the medium chill), then talks more about experientialism, as he feels this is the most likely that people will move to.… (mer)