‘Stuffocation’ and the Experience Revolution | James Wallman | TEDxLSE

James Wallman's list of accomplishments is off the charts. He has interviewed Noam Chomsky, Richard Thaler, written for the New York Times, the Economist and The Guardian, graduated with an MSc from Oxford, and also somehow found time to write a best-selling book. In this unmissable talk, he speaks about ‘Stuffocation’ – the societal problem of living with too much stuff, and how focusing on ‘experiences’ is the way forward.

James Wallman is an author, journalist, and futurist who reads the zeitgeist and helps businesses prepare for the future. James's views on today's culture and the future have appeared in publications including The Economist, the Financial Times and The Guardian. James has interviewed Noam Chomsky, Richard Thaler, the victims of serious crime, child soldiers, and, for a report on the future of relationships, a woman who wanted to marry her alarm clock! Companies that James has helped prepare for the future include BMW, Google, HSBC, Selfridges, and Zurich Insurance Group. James recently demonstrated his ability to read and reflect the zeitgeist in his highly acclaimed and bestselling book, Stuffocation. It is about one of the defining cultural trends of the 21st century: the shift from materialism to what James calls “experientialism”. That is, instead of looking for happiness, identity, status and meaning in material goods, people are seeking them in experiences instead.

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