Tech

We’ve developed an unnatural reverence for tech. Connected tools and services consume every waking moment of our lives. We depend on them. We treat the leaders of the industry like gods, hanging on their every word, believing they hold the key to some magical insight that will give our lives meaning. Continue reading Tech

A Million Little Cuts

There is a musician in Jonathan Franzen’s novel ‘Freedom’ that describes his job as a chiclet salesman. No matter what goes into the production of a single song, the market value is predetermined at $0.99. A value that seems to exist outside of what we might imagine a market economy to be – prices determined by supply, demand, quality, etc. – and where revenue largely accrues to the owners of marketplaces versus the artists themselves. Continue reading A Million Little Cuts