Analysis Of Graham Hill: Less Stuff, More Happiness

TED Talk videos, “Graham Hill: Less Stuff, More Happiness” and “Jesse Arrington: Wear Nothing New” each delve into the reality of consumerism and the vital importance of keeping belongings to the bare minimum and finding inner happiness beneath all the possessions. Today, it is evident that people are unnecessarily concerned about owning as many materialist possessions as possible. Because of this, there not only is an increase in debt and environmental damage, but the means of inner happiness are skewed to the idea that more things bring more gratitude. The videos each take a turn on how owning less serves individuals greater, in a unique way and offer many valid points on minimalistic living. Where both TED videos include the personal gain and satisfaction of having fewer possessions, “Less Stuff, More Happiness” offers a more comprehensive …show more content…
In regard to encouraging people of a society to let go of the many material items they allow to clutter their lives, there must be standards that one must be held up to, to make the encouragement effective and purposeful. First of all, A motivational or inspiring video should allow everyone to relate, whether they see eye-to-eye or can understand how someone else might. In this sense, a speaker who desires to tell a group of people to let go of their precious things and live simpler, they must have a reason that every person can agree is sufficient enough to want to let go of those things. By evaluating each of the videos, it is evident that “Less Stuff, More Happiness” has a more thorough way of doing that. Because he touches on factors that apply to a large majority, such as the tendency of