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Graham Hill gave a speech to many people at a Technology, Entertainment, and design (TED) conference in March of 2011 explaining why if Americans have less “stuff” it will bring them more happiness. This speech was recorded for everyone to be able to see and refer to and know why he believes less “stuff” is equal to more happiness. Graham Hill’s speech was about getting rid of items to live smaller, and in turn, living cheaper. Hill would use items that have multiple functions so he is getting use out of the smaller amount of space that he has.The speaker uses various types of logos, a mode of logic, to convince the audience that it was in fact better to live smaller with less “stuff”. One of the strongest modes of logic Graham Hill uses in his speech is logos: using statistics or facts to persuade someone. In his speech, Graham Hill uses many statistics to prove how living smaller can make people happier. He stated, “We Americans have about three times the amount of space we did 50 years ago...and perhaps not coincidentally, our happiness levels flat-lined over the same 50 years” (Hill). This quote is saying that since Americans living spaces have increased America's happiness levels as a whole have gone down. This persuaded the audience because if Americans were happier when they had less items in a household then if a person is not satisfied with their life they will want to get rid of items in the household so they will be satisfied. Another way Hill persuaded the

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