[wordup] Affluenza: Beating the Bug

[Adam Shand]

From: http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/

  Definition: 

  Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that
  results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of
  stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of
  the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth.
  4. A television program that could change your life.

How To Diagnose:

  http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/diag/have.html

How To Treat It:

  http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tips.html

How To Teach Others About It:

  http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide.html

There's a Sequel?  What the hell ...

  http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/escape/index.html

  Escape from Affluenza is a one-hour PBS special providing practical
  solutions to the problem of “affluenza” — an epidemic of stress,
  waste, overconsumption and environmental decay. Escape from Affluenza
  shows how some Americans are calling a halt to keeping up with the
  Joneses and abandoning the consumer chase. The program is a sequel to
  the popular special, Affluenza which premiered on PBS in September,
  1997.