Andrew Reeves
@reevesy
Andrew Reeves
Speed dating is making a comeback as Gen Z ditches dating apps. We shouldn't be surprised.
usatoday.com
You could say the same thing is happening on a much larger scale in our culture. There’s a multitude of familiar factors pushing us all into different histories, from misinformation to identity politics, and as a country, there is less and less of a singular timeline that the majority of us can agree on.
But a second,... See more
idle gaze 063: the discomfort of uncurated life
idlegaze.substack.com
The boring discomfort or ordinary life
My overarching thesis is that we are at the early stages of a multi-decade super-cycle of retail empowerment driven by the fact that “consumption, culture and community” are now tradeable assets. Consumption is no longer ephemeral, but persistent. No longer private, but communal. No longer limitless, but scarce. Consumption is, for the first time,... See more
Richard Kim • Thoughts at the Intersection of Web3 and Creative Culture
Collapse of culture and commerce
The dynamics of cool.
what’s Blackbird Spyplane about?” one of the craggy-brained replies I reach for is that we’re a newsletter brought to you by, fascinated with, skeptical of, and inextricably in thrall to modern consumer pathologies. You don’t become “the No. 1 source across all media for anti-consumerist dope-jawns recon” without standing on business amid a vortex
... See moreOvercoming the Need to Be Exceptional - The School Of Life
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Being in balance - Australian Unity
Joy is not made to be a crumb. Don’t be afraid of its plenty. - Mary Oliver