Bill Mckibben is concerned about connection between people’s happiness and money. He asserts that “reinventing the world, and reinventing ourselves, may be one and the same” (44). He begins his article with recent research, which shows that people in 1957 were happier, than in 1994. He says that it is unusual because for the recent years people have got a lot of things – such as TV, VCR, dishwashers, computers, nice houses, fancy cars – that improved their lives. …showed first 75 words of 354 total…

…showed last 75 words of 354 total…who “discovered the concept of Enough, which is as useful for the planet as it is for our individual lives” (45). In conclusion, Bill Mckibben says that changing our lives is not a panacea from all problems. Nevertheless, people need “only figuring out what [they] really want from [their] [lives], and then changing [their] behavior to meet that goal” (45). Thus, people who can say that they are happy with their lives are part of the solution.