Ronan, who is to decide the unnecessary stuff? What is superfluous to one person may be a treasure to another. Do we have a team of Xi Jinpings or Elizabeth Warrens to decide for us?

As a kid in New Zealand, a bottle of milk was like everyone else's. Now in America (and NZ, too), dozens of different kinds exist. Many of which I have little interest in apart from the one making the best cappuccinos which I prepare using the machine I selected from hundreds of other designs.

Products and services improve, and new ones emerge because of growth, innovation, and market competition. And this improves our standard of living.

Best to you.