3 stars because 2.5 felt too mean. There is good stuff in this book, and having read it I have a strong feeling that the author is a super nice and well-meaning fellow. However, the problem with 'Stuffocation' is too huge and indeed too ironic too ignore: it is absolutely chock-full of waffle and tautologies. Had it been condensed down to half - heck, maybe even a quarter - of its length, it could have been a 4 or 5 star suckerpunch. As it is, you are so overwordened (I made up my own word too) by superflous goings-round-in-circles that by about halfway through you want to scream, and feel really bad about that because the book has such honourable intentions. But seriously, some points were made so many times I literally lost count, and I have to wonder if this was an attempt to obfuscate the fact that, in the end, 'Stuffocation' didn't have a lot of answers, unless you're rich and sold on the idea of 'experientialism', of which I am neither. The book brought together a lot of cool stats, case stories and other information, but ultimately did little with them. Which is fine, I suppose, but not at such length. I'm sure there are better books out there on the subject. Sorry, Mr Wallman.