As a society, however, we’ve signed on wholeheartedly to the notion that more, bigger, newer, and faster all mean better. We’ve done so as a sort of survival mechanism. It is a very basic, primitive drive (albeit with its own particularly manic, modern, Western spin). At its most basic level it is understandable, though it no longer serves its original purpose, and we’ve taken it to the point where it actually threatens, rather than ensures, our survival.
