Sublime

One result of all this attention to e-waste and supply chains is that examples of non-Western improvisation are now often adapted, appropriated, or fetishized in the West. Designers and artists express fascination with “informal” and “entrepreneurial” design practices, or with favela “bricolage” and marginalized “maker” cultures. This can lead to t... See more

As for the project itself, the tongue-in-cheek tagline I’ve been using is “Dwarkesh meets Ezra Klein but a girl”: a solo newsletter-podcast on technology, politics, and culture. There are some specific topics I’m especially eager to dive deep on (and even do proper reporting!8), but I want to make space for plans to change in the next month of expl... See more

This “ecosystem of distribution, repair, and disposal” is, Burrell argues, a “fact of life in everyday places marked by scarcity.”