Sublime

The city becomes a backdrop to the omniscient screen, falling into the space of flows. Geographical differences give way to digital similarities, which can sometimes be very inconvenient when too many people are following the same algorithmic pathways.

Taste is inescapable; it involves “the most everyday choices of everyday life, e.g., in cooking, clothing, or decoration,” the French sociologist Pierre

While we have the advantage of freedom of choice, the endless array of options presented by algorithmic feeds often instills a sense of meaninglessness: I could be listening to anything, so why should any one thing be important to me? The constructive relationship between collecting and culture goes in both directions. When we find something meanin

My favorite bookstore has long been McNally Jackson, a collection of New York City–area stores whose first location was in SoHo (in 2023, the original flagship relocated six blocks away). Though it wasn’t in any way personalized, it always felt like the store was there for me personally, like it understood what I was looking for, because its stock