The Extent of Materialism’s Growth
The Watchtower, June 15, 1956
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Dr. Albert Wiggam’s “Let’s Explore Your Mind” column, syndicated in many American papers, asked the question: “Do men’s wants increase faster than their necessities?” It answered: “It is estimated that a century ago the average man had 72 wants, of which 16 were regarded as necessities. Today, the average man is estimated to have 474 wants, 94 of which are regarded as necessities. A century ago, 200 articles were urged upon the average man by salesmanship—but today there are 32,000 articles which require sales resistance. Man’s necessities are few—his wants, infinite.” Has your spiritual growth come anywhere near to equaling your increasing material wants?
Also in this issue
- Announcements
- Approaching the Presence of God
- Check Your Memory
- Clergyman Thanks God for Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Fighters for Truth
- Getting and Giving the Thoughts of God
- Nobody but Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Questions From Readers
- The Book of Books
- Visit to the Pacific
- Waging the Right Warfare
- “Only God Has an Answer to It”