Culture
The biggest lesson I got from the strip club was this: money is everywhere. Especially in this world making, where dollars (or other currencies of the nation-state) are backed up by nothing but belief, money is truly limitless. If that is the case: why would I hoard it? What would happen if I focused on learning how to conduct its movement as a... See more
The strip club did indeed make me bonkers!
In this world making, maladies really only become problems when they interfere with one's ability to perform their daily job. So, I'm not supposed to write to insurance and say, “Hey, this person is working too much. And that's really the cause of all of the things that they come to see me for." I'm supposed to give you tools on how to cope with... See more
The strip club did indeed make me bonkers!
The striving creatures of our souls are in existential threat. Simply breathing without the permission of capital is an offense. If you have not earned your breath it is offensive. You enter the world on loan — someone will cover your debts for now but one day you are expected to pay up or perish, and none will be so sorry if you haven’t demonstrated yourself to be hardworking enough, earnest enough in the face of a system that simply doesn’t care. You would simply be, waste.
To refuse the premise of this type of existence is severely radical in its humanity.
Compare with “The Geography of Nowhere”
This Substack essay is focused on the culture-wide phaseout of the weirdo, standout design, and counter-culture behavior, using architecture as a touchstone to demonstrate. The point is fair, and I’m curious how it compares to Geography of Nowhere’s culture-wide analysis of soulless architecture and deprioritization of humans via architecture and city planning.