End of Rand
June 11, 2019
Have we witnessed the last gasp of “objectivist” piety?
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Big Mood Machine
Inside Spotify’s emotional surveillance-driven quest for total ad domination.
Fresh Hell
June 07, 2019
The Gays Love National Security
The Corporate Logo Singularity
June 07, 2019
The childlike nature of corporate branding isn’t a random trend, but part of the mindset that consumers ought to be treated like children.
Progressive Posturing
June 06, 2019
Bill de Blasio’s failures on affordable housing are a parable and a warning.
San Francisco, Please Stand Up
June 05, 2019
Everyone is obsessed with San Francisco right now. It has become a symbol, a cliché, a fable about money and technology. The moral is different depending on who you ask. A sampling of headlines from the last month in local and national news: “How San Francisco broke ...
American Sports and the Forever War
June 04, 2019
When the military is brought to the ball field season after season, the subtext is the eternal war, and its justification.
Fresh Hell
May 31, 2019
Coal: a “special luxury vegetable,” the “holy chicken nugget of the Earth.”
Unpopular Content
May 31, 2019
Default Filename TV wants to make YouTube weird again.
Cookshops of the Future
May 30, 2019
It's time for the left to start thinking in the future tense. But is Fully Automated Luxury Communism the answer?
Apply Directly to the Forehead
Like many preteens prescribed heavy-duty amphetamines, I had difficulty sleeping. This manifested in a variety of ways, but the most common was sneaking out of my room to watch my favorite late-night channel, The Weather Channel, until I passed out from exhaustion on my ...
Oh Spotify Up Yours!
May 28, 2019
Zach Webb and Liz Pelly speak to Blood Club's Liana Hell Lean about Spotify and music community outside of the internet.