Artist Judith de Leeuw made a documentary about why we as human beings collect so much stuff. You can watch the video here. I really like this idea and it is a subject that also bothers me, but at the same time I am still buying things. Maybe I should start with getting rid of all my books. I’ll keep my copies of Walden by Thoreau and The System of Objects by Baudrillard of course.
Thanks Ruud for bringing this to my attention.
