You many have already come across this video below. It’s called The Story of Stuff and it is about exactly what it says it’s about, the story of stuff, the production and consumption of consumer goods. Now before you roll your eyes in boredom and leave this site to check your Twitter updates, note this: this . . . → Read More: Most watched hand-drawings in history
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Struggling to get your head around the global economic crisis? You’re not alone. I, at the very least, am with you. Luckily, there is help at hand. The following site collates great resources from around the globe, looking at the why, the so what, and the what should be done now, of the crisis. Check it . . . → Read More: The economic crisis made easy(ier) In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley paints the picture of a woman dying in a hyper-consumerist culture: Linda was dying in company–in company and with all the modern conveniences. The air was continuously alive with gay synthetic melodies. At the foot of every bed, confronting its moribund occupant, was a television box. Television was left on, a . . . → Read More: Amortality |
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