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It is unfair to single out the defenseless Labubu in all this, but the toy, if it can be called that (it does not really do anything), is a sign of our distraction culture, our culture of constant dopamine hits from countless sources, all of which together form a wall preventing us from investigating anything—information, each other, our own psyche... See more
Labubu Lobotomy
Because shame, at its core, is the feeling that emerges when your deepest values are misaligned with your daily actions. It's the emotional signal that tells you something needs to change - not just in your career, but in your relationship to the work itself.
The shame I felt sitting in those conference rooms wasn't personal weakness or professional... See more
The shame I felt sitting in those conference rooms wasn't personal weakness or professional... See more
The Strategist's Shame
Brands doing collaborations is always about borrowing cool.
There is a degree of chaos that works: when it feels totally unexpected, it feels genius. But then there is just the sea of the middle—logos stacked together, capsules created to capture a headline, etc.
The best pairings feel shoc... See more
Nikita Waliasubstack.com
The internet does its thing – I do mine and (try to) make some sense of it all:
Higher Stakes / Emerging
Including: a 34-part series of an ADHD coach TikTok alleging psychiatrist manipulation; creators pushing impulse-buy "wish lists."
Higher Stakes / Mainstream_... See more
Mara Dettmannsubstack.com
The print era tied authority to expertise and institutional backing. Television shifted credibility toward charisma and visual presentation. Social media has rewritten the rules again: trust is no longer about expertise, but about performance. This environment fosters the rise of the TikTok Oracle, where complex cultural critiques are distilled int... See more