The Death of the Consumer

The Death of the Consumer

Part One: Media and the Engineering of Consent.

Adam Curtis’s ‘The Century of the Self’ changed my life. Many times its arguments are set against images...Read Full

A Short History of Pianos and Pianists

Born in the village of Żelazowa Wola, Poland, in 1810, Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin died thirty-nine years later after a turbulent life of...Read Full

Rue Obscure

Here, I find myself unable to locate a boundary between media and mind.

1. A Photograph. I have, somewhere, a picture of my mother. In it...Read Full

Notes on Transparency: Quality in Academia

Digital transparency – the deliberate, accidental, malevolent, just, truthful and deceitful exposure of organizations through the web – will affect academia as it will affect...Read Full

Notes on Transparency: The Corporate and Society

It will not be too long before, say in retail, consumers will have more instantly available information from the web than they will from the...Read Full

Spirit of Independence

Spirit of Independence 1:

Some things seem to be beyond brand. They seem to be culture. They become communal; a collective statement of values, of purpose,...Read Full