Consumerism and Creativity

I found an interesting article about how consumerism is in fact lessening humans ability to be creative. Author Jocelyn Glei starts out by pointing out different distractions that prevent her from finishing, or even starting certain creative projects. Apparently, the reason people get so distracted when seeking creativity is stuff itself, specifically the process it takes to seek out and buy this stuff. She references neuroscientist Jaak Panskepp who states that the process of seeking out something new to buy releases the same chemicals in the brain as if you were doing some sort of creative project. Dopamine is the key chemical in both processes, so it seems people are replacing creative projects with buying stuff because it produces the same good feeling. To me this is an extremely important problem that needs to be taken care of, and the only way to fix this is to be creative.  

Here is the article