Critics said ma's comments showed a prevailing unhealthy attitude where people will sacrifice emotional feelings for materialistic gains.

评论家指出，马诺的言论揭示了当今盛行的不健康态度：人们牺牲情感以换取物质利益。

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A few weeks ago I wrote a post, Live Life as an Experiment, that received a lot of strong criticism. People called my behavior unethical. Disingenuous. Manipulative. Materialistic. Deplorable.

几个礼拜之前，我写了一个公告，把生活过的像一场实验，这受到了很多的批评。人们说我的行为时不道德的，不真诚的，操纵人的，唯物主义的，可怜的。

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In this materialistic age, the role of urban garden art is more and more important, people generally want to get a back to basics enjoy therefore pay more attention to the beauty of garden art.

在这个物欲横流的时代，城市园林艺术的作用是越发重要的，人们普遍希望得到一种返璞归真的享受，因此更注重园林艺术的美感。

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So what do you believe is a possible methodology which governments, rather yours or any other governments in the world, they can adopt to basically incorporate the human core values, the moral values of selflessness, brotherhood, over the materialistic frame of thought which people work by today?

WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall with Students in Mumbai