Andrew Reeves
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Andrew Reeves
Music analysis that speaks to the emotion of songs, the rise of individualism.
idle gaze 063: the discomfort of uncurated life
idlegaze.substack.com
The boring discomfort or ordinary life
No matter how insignificant it may first appear, everything in life tells a story.
Martin Lindstrom • Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends
Balance buckets
The bottle service club today pitches Goffman’s “action” to the world’s new elite; it encourages the rich to flaunt their riches, to display wealth for display’s sake. Bottle service clubs are predicated on conspicuous consumption, a term coined, in 1899, by Thorstein Veblen, the quirky Norwegian American economist.
Ashley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
Host: And of course, the luxury sector spans over so many different products. But what do you think the definition of luxury is?
Bernard Arnault: First of all, I don't like very much the word luxury, because you have something attached to it, which means show off, which mean something of non significance or something, something that is useless. And... See more
Bernard Arnault: First of all, I don't like very much the word luxury, because you have something attached to it, which means show off, which mean something of non significance or something, something that is useless. And... See more
KG • Letter #100: Bernard Arnault (2016)
The Links x Techno Sapiens guide to teens & screens
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Teens screens and screams
Overcoming the Need to Be Exceptional - The School Of Life
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Being in balance - Australian Unity