People generally are more influenced by their friends and acquaintances than by institutions.
If everyone you know has a smart phone you are going to have work hard not to feel that you should get one too.
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.