Humans and Consumption
- Chandrashekhar Sangoi +91 9098581529 In the times of current lockdown to the Covid-19 pandemic, most of us are unable to step out and finding ways to break the monotony, conversations over phone calls bring some respite. I have also been receiving many calls from friends and family. During such conversations when I ask to end the call, usually the person says “What’s the hurry, where is the money being charged, calling service is free!” But is it really free? Aren’t we prepaying charges in advance? This is the power of consumerism. We are spending money and yet not realizing it. The time spent over unnecessary phone calls could have easily been utilized for other productive work. Hence, even if it is entirely true that there is no additional monetary cost of calls, there is a time cost that we are bearing. If we compare our daily consumption of various items before and during the lockdown, we will find a noticeable reduction. It is primarily because before lockdown, ou
