Snaxshot #06: Part of A Complete Breakfast

A hundred percent agree. What has happened in the last decade is people have been trained to consume an overload of content, and some people are coming to realize that they are the product that's being sold. There's also the trend of digital minimalism, really wanting to curate what they see, what their apps on their phones are, what they're consum... See more

All those tech-driven foods are still around, but they don’t tempt consumers the way they once did. Instead, the fastest growing categories in the food business are built on an entirely different vocabulary: gourmet, artisan, healthy, organic, nutritious, sustainable, local, homemade.

Scarcity and authenticity are powerful, and not always forces for good. Our instinctual craving for scarce sugar and fat has produced an obesity crisis, but we aren’t going to throw out the industrial food system and live off the land. Amidst the scams and bubbles, credible scarcity and authenticity will unlock real value in digital markets.

Fisher argued that the impoverished life of the contemporary worker under late-stage capitalism - defined by a pervading sense of alienation, boredom and powerlessness - was being exploited by corporations to sell them sugary beverages, junk food and entertainment as a means to escape their depressive state. Likewise, the TikTok For You page increa... See more