# The Future of Stuff **URL:** **By** Paul Matzko **Published:** February 17, 2022 --- We're going to own less but have more. ## SUMMARY: Your home is full of technological miracles, devices that your ancestors would have regarded as near magic because of the life of relative ease they provide us with. However, something is changing. In the past, we got richer by owning more stuff; but in the future, we will have more by owning less. In this final episode of Building Tomorrow, Paul talks with Cory Doctorow, Michael Munger, Ruth Cowan, and Chelsea Follett about the past, present, and future of material possession. ## FURTHER READING: [_Information Doesn't Want to be Free_](https://www.amazon.com/Information-Doesnt-Want-Be-Free/dp/1940450462), by Cory Doctorow [_The Sharing Economy, Its Pitfalls and Promises_](https://iea.org.uk/publications/the-sharing-economy-its-pitfalls-and-promises/), by Michael Munger _[More Work for Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave](https://www.amazon.com/More-Work-Mother-Household-Technology/dp/0465047327), _by Ruth Cowan, ## MUSIC ATTRIBUTIONS: Arcadia by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3377-arcadia](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3377-arcadia) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Scheming Weasel (faster version) by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4326-scheming-weasel-faster-version](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4326-scheming-weasel-faster-version) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Rising Game by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4289-rising-game](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4289-rising-game) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Dirt Rhodes by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3650-dirt-rhodes](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3650-dirt-rhodes) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Sheep May Safely Graze - BWV 208 by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4345-sheep-may-safely-graze---bwv-208](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4345-sheep-may-safely-graze---bwv-208) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Pensif by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4202-pensif](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4202-pensif) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Monkoto by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4072-monkoto](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4072-monkoto) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Cherry Blossom by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3496-cherry-blossom](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3496-cherry-blossom) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Realizer by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5047-realizer](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5047-realizer) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Canon In D Interstellar Mix by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6960-canon-in-d-interstellar-mix](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6960-canon-in-d-interstellar-mix) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Spy Groove by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4411-spy-groove](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4411-spy-groove) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Son of a Rocket by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4391-son-of-a-rocket](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4391-son-of-a-rocket) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Tempting Secrets by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5005-tempting-secrets](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5005-tempting-secrets) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Crusade Heavy Industry by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4678-crusade-heavy-industry](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4678-crusade-heavy-industry) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Mermaid by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4474-tenebrous-brothers-carnival---mermaid](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4474-tenebrous-brothers-carnival---mermaid) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Vibe Ace by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4582-vibe-ace](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4582-vibe-ace) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Rising Game by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4289-rising-game](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4289-rising-game) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license)