The Commodification of Self - by kyla scanlon
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dedollarization, delusion, and digitalization
hi i took last week as a pause from publishing the newsletter (still posted podcast, youtube, and short form videos) but am back now! This piece is a little different than what I normally write about but i feel like a conversation about media consumption is really tremendously important. I’ve been really fascinated by nostalgia recently, specifically how it defines culture and therefore the economy (such as the Super Mario Bros movie, Marvel Cinematic Universe, constant reboots, the monetization of familiarity). We love the past. Susan Sontag’s view on this was that that we engage in a…
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