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Convenience culture's inconvenient truth

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Humans have an evolutionary bias toward seeking convenience, experts say. But what happens when the desire for convenience becomes a dominant social and economic expectation? Future Tense explores the hidden costs of convenience for the environment and the economy. Making things too easy can in fact be bad for you.

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Alison Angus — Head of Practice – Innovation Research, Euromonitor

Dr Paul Harrison — Director of MBA Programme, Deakin University. Unit Chair of Consumer Behaviour, Department of Marketing, Deakin Business School

Sloan Wilkins — Founder and Financial Coach, Everyday Money Live

Dr Alex Curmi — Consultant psychiatrist

Chris Williams — Founder and Chief Executive, ISB Global

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Convenience culture's inconvenient truth

Future Tense

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Humans have an evolutionary bias toward seeking convenience, experts say. But what happens when the desire for convenience becomes a dominant social and economic expectation? Future Tense explores the hidden costs of convenience for the environment and the economy. Making things too easy can in fact be bad for you.

Guests

Alison Angus — Head of Practice – Innovation Research, Euromonitor

Dr Paul Harrison — Director of MBA Programme, Deakin University. Unit Chair of Consumer Behaviour, Department of Marketing, Deakin Business School

Sloan Wilkins — Founder and Financial Coach, Everyday Money Live

Dr Alex Curmi — Consultant psychiatrist

Chris Williams — Founder and Chief Executive, ISB Global

  continue reading

1039 episodes

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