Needs and desires are not always immanent. They are also created by education, advertisement etc.
What the public do want is also in good part what he was taught to want, no?
What the public do want is also in good part what he was taught to want, no?
If everyone you know has a smart phone you are going to have work hard not to feel that you should get one too.
We need to balance the gain of acquiring products with the inconveniences not only at a personal level but at a societal level one (work, environment, work condition of those producing etc.) This seems to be rarely the case.