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“Context is that which is scarce”
In a world of abundance, scarcity evolves. While pre-internet scarcity was about a physically constrained, or otherwise limited, number of resources, post-internet scarcity is about separating signal from noise.
Erik Torenberg • The Hunter Economy
What Innis feared—as his biographer Alexander John Watson puts it—is that “our culture was becoming so saturated with new instantaneous media that there was no longer a hinterland to which refugee intellectuals could retreat to develop a new paradigm that would allow us to tackle the new problems we are facing.”
Clive Thompson • Social media is keeping us stuck in the moment
Enough is the antithesis of unchecked growth because growth encourages mindless consumption and enough requires constant questioning and awareness.
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
When culture and the subjects studied are inherently messy, esoteric, and subjective, it’s challenging to quantify and clearly tie financial value to cultural concepts and their relevance. While endlessly attractive and provocative, the philosophical nature of cultural analysis is futile unless it’s developed and delivered with a problem-solving mi... See more