Before that, a more important question is: why assume that buying or having "more stuff" leads to a better life?

Worth reading rather than reacting to the title. The author is basically arguing that "some people are too stupid to be worth the effort to employee them", not the more familiar way this phrase is used.

> utilizing a resource to it’s fullest at all times is not a given

Typos like this (it's instead of possessive its) used to be bother me but now it's a hint that it might be human-authored, which is quaint, so it's stopped bothering me as much.