To Have or To Be?

A profound critique of materialism in favor of living with meaning, by the legendary psychoanalyst and New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of Loving.

Life in the modern age began when people no longer lived at the mercy of nature and instead took control of it. We planted crops so we didn't have to forage, and produced planes, trains, and cars for transport. With televisions and computers, we don't have to leave home to see the world. Somewhere in that process, the natural tendency ...