{"product_id":"the-age-of-experiences-9781439917107","title":"The Age of Experiences","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Experiences,\u003c\/i\u003e Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt examines how the advance of happiness science is impacting the economy, making possible new experience-products that \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e make people happy and help forward-looking businesses expand and develop new technologies. In today’s marketplace there is less interest in goods and services and more interest in buying and selling personal improvements and experiences. Hunnicutt traces how this historical shift in consumption to the “softer” technologies of happiness represents not only a change in the modern understanding of progress, but also a practical, economic transformation, profoundly shaping our work and the ordering of our life goals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on incisive historical research, Hunnicutt demonstrates that we have begun to turn from material wealth to focus on the enrichment of our personal and social lives. \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Experiences\u003c\/i\u003e shows how industry, technology, and the general public are\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408317391191,"sku":"9781439917107","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439917107.jpg?v=1730502417","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-age-of-experiences-9781439917107","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}