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James Wallman

James Wallman is a British author, journalist, and futurist focused on consumer culture, experiential living, and wellbeing. He is best known for Stuffocation, a critique of materialism, and Time and How to Spend It, on happiness and experiences. His work helped popularize “experientialism” and has been translated into multiple languages.

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Experientialism, I think, is the opportunity of our era
-Spend less on stuff, more on experiences
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So, yes, time is the new luxury, as it’s the key currency for buying the things that matter most to us: happiness and status
-James Wallman, author, Time and How to Spend It
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life is short, but it’s kind of beautiful isn’t it? It’s fun
-James Wallman: Time and How to Spend It
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If you aim to be happy you are more likely to be successful
-Life lessons: Interview with James Wallman
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'Once in a lifetime' is a terrible cliché. As is 'off the beaten track'
-Journey To The End Of The World
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These are long-term structural, not cyclical, shifts in our economy
-Campfire 35: Time Is Money, Or A New Way To Measure ROX
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Instead, it’ll overtake us, and set us free
-In Tomorrow’s Technopia, Will Technology Save Us Or Enslave Us?
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In Experience Districts, experiences are the product
-The 2 Futures Of Experiential Retail

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"James Wallman prescribes doing stuff rather than buying it for a happier, greener life"

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"James Wallman is the Malcolm Gladwell of today’s Experience Economy"

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