To Have or To Be?: Consumerism, Identity, and the Hidden Operating System of Society
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores *To Have or To Be?* by Erich Fromm as a systems-level analysis of the economic, psychological, and institutional systems that shape modern identity. Rather than viewing consumerism as a collection of individual choices, the discussion examines how social character, market incentives, and institutional design reinforce a culture centered on ownership, accumulation, and perpetual growth.
The analysis explores how these systems interact through incentive structures, feedback loops, hidden…
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