I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.
Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't we...
I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp...
The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.