The other is the tendency of people in affluent societies to devote ever more attention to buying things, to the detriment of religious commitment, tradition, art, community, political involvement or the effort to build a better world.

• 二是指消费主义，即富裕国家中出现的将越来越多的注意力倾注于购物的趋向，而这一趋向对于宗教虔诚、传统、艺术、社区建设、关心政治以及为建设更美好世界所付出的努力是有害的。