For some of us, we have accumulated a lot of STUFF – items we’ve collected throughout our lives. For some reason, we can’t overcome the urge to buy new things. 

Our thirst for stuff is a result of decisions made by early humans, according to anthropologist Chip Colwell. In his book titled “So Much Stuff,” he writes that when humans made the first tools, it sparked millions of years of possibilities that led us to where we are today. And it’s in understanding this history we can learn to buy less.

Colwell joined The Metro on Monday to help us understand our relationship with items and why we have to have so much of it. He is also the founder of the anthropology publication “Sapiens.” 

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