Luisa Fernanda on Substack
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Luisa Fernanda on Substack
“Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly, and live quietly in a world designed to prevent all four.”
Why the internet’s favorite economist is optimistic about our future
Historically, luxury was expressed in the soaring vaulted ceilings and dazzling stained glass of a cathedral; now, luxury is in a piece of technology so perfect that it seems human hands cannot possibly have created it. Luxury is the market equivalent of feathers on a bird. It’s irrational and sexual, and it easily overwhelms the killjoy, rational ... See more
Dirty Furniture • TELL ME, DO YOU INTEND TO FUCK IT?
To be steady while the world spins around you. To act without frenzy. To hear only what needs to be heard. To possess quietude—exterior and interior—on command.
Ryan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
This is the very bland and very basic and college-freshman level thing I’ve been thinking about: what is luxury?