How often do you find yourself waiting impatiently for a package to come in the mail or wait in anticipation for a special night out with people you are close to? Many don’t realize that there can be a slight but significant difference between the two of these. James Hamblin in his article “Buy Experiences, Not Things,” goes into an in depth analysis of the seemingly slight differences between these two topics. He uses the statements of different psychologists to further prove his argument to the reader.
James Hamblin first introduces the fact that “forty-seven percent of the time, the average mind is wandering.”(Hamblin, 2014, 1) Psychologist Matthew Killingsworth says “a wandering mind is an unhappy mind” (Hamblin, 2014, 1) Killingsworth is lives in a moment to moment type of lifestyle. He believes that material possessions have no value of happiness attached to them. Some even try to remember entire memories which allows the mind to start wondering. Killingsworth also believes the mind will naturally wander to deep dark depressing places. (Hamblin, 2014) The argument presented believes that we should …show more content…
His main element is using the information that he has researched by speaking and interviewing several different people of the psychology field. His resources are trusted factual sources that people can believe. Also the words and examples he uses relates to any person alive in today’s world. He relates to people which is what makes his argument effective. He even turns what people would see as bad experiences into good things. He explains how either way people can turn even bad experiences into a good story that they can tell. (Hamblin, 2014) This is a crucial topic that the readers can start to use to counter his argument until they read that little part of it. Hamblin is a very skilled writer and who can counter argument before anyone even has the chance to try to. This is shown in his article on
James Hamblin first introduces the fact that “forty-seven percent of the time, the average mind is wandering.”(Hamblin, 2014, 1) Psychologist Matthew Killingsworth says “a wandering mind is an unhappy mind” (Hamblin, 2014, 1) Killingsworth is lives in a moment to moment type of lifestyle. He believes that material possessions have no value of happiness attached to them. Some even try to remember entire memories which allows the mind to start wondering. Killingsworth also believes the mind will naturally wander to deep dark depressing places. (Hamblin, 2014) The argument presented believes that we should …show more content…
His main element is using the information that he has researched by speaking and interviewing several different people of the psychology field. His resources are trusted factual sources that people can believe. Also the words and examples he uses relates to any person alive in today’s world. He relates to people which is what makes his argument effective. He even turns what people would see as bad experiences into good things. He explains how either way people can turn even bad experiences into a good story that they can tell. (Hamblin, 2014) This is a crucial topic that the readers can start to use to counter his argument until they read that little part of it. Hamblin is a very skilled writer and who can counter argument before anyone even has the chance to try to. This is shown in his article on