Andrew Reeves
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Andrew Reeves
A Tribute to the 80s
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Joy is a delicious luxury that we experience most cautiously, for tragedy conceals itself around every corner.
Lisa See • The Island of Sea Women: A Novel
Joy is a form of rebellion in a system that profits from fear
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
A publication is not content it’s the exploration of an idea
Joy is the energy that happens in freedom from mindsets.
David Richo • How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
It’s been endlessly argued that algorithms influence too much of what we watch, listen to, read, and even think. Personal taste erodes while decision-making is outsourced to the platform. This globalization, platform persuasion, and general apathy has spilled over into all types of homogenization: the look of our coffee shops, cars, architecture,
... See moreWell, the Marriage Pact, an annual matching ritual that has become popular on nearly 90 college campuses around the U.S., has turned that dusty cliche into fun.
And a few couples have found lasting love.
Nearly half a million students have participated since the pact first rolled out at... See more
Membership is also a vehicle of the modern aspiration economy. It represents a shift from doing things for the benefit of others (conspicuous consumption) to a value model where we invest in things that benefit ourselves: access, knowledge, information, experience, privacy, belonging, self-actualization. In the modern aspiration economy, consumers... See more