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I came to feel as if I were seeing not only undesirable parts of myself but a magnification of many undesirable aspects of our shared culture as well. The ambient and all-pervasive hunger for ever-more-fleeting relevance; the disposability with which we treat people who mess up; the trivialization of words and displacements of responsibility, and m
... See moreNaomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Justin Murphy • Urbit and the Telos of the Creator Economy
Anthony Pompliano • Writing for Leverage, Teenage Billionaires, The Problem with Mainstream Media, and More - David Perell on Off the Chain, Hosted By Anthony Pompliano • Podcast Notes
Nara’s audience loves her nostalgic conservatism because it reorients them away from today’s particular brand of anxieties – clim... See more
Matt Klein • Future Burnout: On the False Promises & Expectations of What Comes "Next"
gabygoldberg.medium.com • Curators Are the New Creators. The Business Model of Good Taste | by Gaby Goldberg | Medium
So here lies the publishing industry: the “accessible,” commercial book at the bottom, necessary to the bottom line but not worthy of adulation; and in the rarefied air on top, there’s the masculine, the artistic, and the reliant on cultural patronage. That’s an exaggeration and simplification—but not by much. These attitudes dictate how we ascribe
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman
Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
The cultural exaggerations I spend my business life trying to find operate both inside societies and between generations. Societies swing back and forth in more or less predictable ways.