Summary Of The Treadmill Of Consumption

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James A. Roberts wrote an essay called the Treadmill of Consumption. In his essay, he discusses two topics, the treadmill of consumption and consuming for status. The treadmill of consumption, the author starts off using the example of cell phones. The example explains how if preteens and teens do not have cell phones they are considered an outcast. James elaborates that the treadmill of consumption is simply how people want the best, materialistically. However, the author points out that there will always be something new that will be better than the last thing that was just produced, explaining how you will always be on a treadmill chasing after the next best thing but you won’t be able to keep up. The author talks about how people keep buying

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