the gig economy...cheap services for the rich and lazy and no-benefit jobs for the eager and poor...
BUT I'M A SUCKER
FOR CONVENIENCE
Why cling to your convictions as though they actually mean something when they have zero value in the marketplace?
The old idea of
Much better to go with the flow of fashion and let the exigencies of the moment decide who you are and what you’ll think and do next.
The consumerist fever for immediate satisfactions...have of course by no means disappeared - they are being unleashed more than ever...enveloped in a halo of fears and anxieties...
I'm busy
Living
Looking
Viewing
Browsing
Shopping
Designer//
Empath//
Worker//
Consumer//
Transactional Living
ALGORITHMIC LIVING
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THESE DAYS IT SEEMS SELLING OUT IS PERFECT- LY AC- CEPTABLE
EARNER//
MANIPULATOR//
MANIPULATED//
Earner // Manipulator // Manipulated // Apath
Minimalism is now a secular kind of religion
A whole hedonistic and psychological culture has come into being: it incites everyone to satisfy their needs immediately, it stimulates their clamour for pleasure, idolizes self-fulfillment, and sets the earthly paradise of well-being, comfort and leisure on a pedestal...
...BUT MAYBE YOU JUST NEED A CAPSULE WARDROBE lol
How can I turn my lackluster products into
transcendent meaning machines...?
Transactional Living
ALGORITHMIC LIVING
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"I would rather exist with beautiful products that are well designed and ethical and slightly more expensive than being surrounded by absolute trash I don’t care about"
"As a designer, certain products stand out to me because I can see the level of design (and campaign power) that goes into them...I feel myself wanting these 'designer things'"
"I definitely find myself buying brands with better packaging, even if I have no evidence that the product is better. That used to bother me, but I've since realized that it makes a difference what we surround ourselves with, and something beautiful pollutes the visual space less than something ugly."
"I'm a sucker for deals"
"Persuading isn't the same as manipulating."
"I think design inherently involves manipulating people (look here first, then read this, this is an optional note to read) but it might be harmless, or might even have a net positive result for the world"
"Persuading isn't the same as manipulating."
"I have manipulated people via design. But, like, "manipulated" is a word with negative connotation. Communication is necessarily manipulative. But let's flip it to a positive connotation: communication is necessarily communal."
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