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Sincerity is a form of counterculture in a society plagued by post-irony. Master your consumer impulses. Do things slowly and intentionally. Not just in your personal relationships, but in the mundanities of the day-to-day.
Crashing Into Something or Someone, Perhaps Repeatedly and Only for Fun
Étienne Fortier-Duboisopen.substack.com
society has moved towards an overabundance of caution around kids
The process of writing a manifesto, at its core, is the process of clarifying your desire. In a world that's constantly distracting us with digital noise and shiny objects, keeping us running on a mimetic treadmill of manufactured desires, getting clear about what you want, deep down, is a radical act. Exploring and articulating what matters most, then committing it to writing, is a bit like waking up to your own humanity after a deep slumber. It kicks off a journey of coming home to yourself.
My battle to consume less continues on every front: from clothes to household items to everything else. I have been ruthlessly paring down the list of things I want in my life to the absolute favorites.
Om Malik • The Consumerism Curse
weekly Objet library and Consumerism
Put more bluntly, sales allow brands to sell clothes they shouldn’t have made to people who don’t actually want them