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The Minimalists: Less Is Now

And we never really stop to question,"What is essential? What is necessary?" Then, "How...

And we never really stop to question,
"What is essential? What is necessary?" Then, "How much of the stuff is actually
adding any value to my life at all?" A decade ago, by the time I was 28 years old,
I had achieved everything I ever wanted

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And we never really stop to question, "What is essential? What is necessary?"
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Then, "How much of the stuff is actually adding any value to my life at all?"
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A decade ago,
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by the time I was 28 years old, I had achieved everything I ever wanted.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:15
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Booklight Productions,Catalyst Films

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Movie Summary

The Minimalists have reworked this phrase to create a sense of urgency for today’s consumer culture: now is the time for less.
I was the youngest director in my company's 140-year history, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:10
I was the youngest director in my company's 140-year hi...
The luxury cars, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:08
The luxury cars,
I guess you could say I was living the American dream. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
I guess you could say I was living the American dream.
But then, my mom died… - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:08
But then, my mom died…
And these two events forced me to look around - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
And these two events forced me to look around
I realized I was so focused on so-called success, and achievement, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:10
I realized I was so focused on so-called success, and achiev...
I might have been living the American dream, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:06
I might have been living the American dream,
It took getting everything I thought I wanted - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:09
It took getting everything I thought I wanted
[woman] Corporations and the drive for corporate profit - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
[woman] Corporations and the drive for corporate profit
The way corporations are structured in this country - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
The way corporations are structured in this country
A corporation's primary obligation is to their shareholders, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:09
A corporation's primary obligation is to their sharehol...
I-I don't think the problem has much to do with how much we're growing, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:14
I-I don't think the problem has much to do with how muc...
We talk about being in a free market - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
We talk about being in a free market
Because you just have one or two large institutions - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:11
Because you just have one or two large institutions
And so, manipulation of… of our interests, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:09
And so, manipulation of… of our interests,
[man] Marketers are really impressive in their ability to manipulate the mind, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:12
[man] Marketers are really impressive in their ability to ma...
We live in the most advertised-to culture in the history of the world. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
We live in the most advertised-to culture in the history of ...
Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent telling us we need this, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:06
Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent telling us we need...
[Joshua] The money spent on advertising in the United States - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:10
[Joshua] The money spent on advertising in the United States
And since the turn of the 21st century, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:09
And since the turn of the 21st century,