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A Brief History of Consumer Culture

67 points by anarbadalov 6y ago

dekken_ 6y ago
Watch "The Century of the self" by Adam Curtis.
- bryzaguy 6y ago
  +100! So good, it’s crazy! PR is propaganda rebranded.
- anarbadalov 6y ago
  now in the queue; thx for the tip!
- rayrag 6y ago
  It's on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa1LiBedgAciIiHqBAWEo7Q/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa1LiBedgAciIiHqBAWEo7Q/vid... Also if you're a fan of his work watch 'The Loving Trap' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg Enjoy.
eslaught 6y ago
> In 2008, a similar unraveling began; its implications still remain unknown. When was this written? The post date indicates today, but are these people really working along such long time horizons that we can't work out the consequences of 2008 twelve years later?
- spurgu 6y ago
  The article references: > Galbraith, who had just published “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/11/100-best-nonfiction-books-affluent-society-jk-galbraith https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/11/100-best-nonfi..." target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Affluent Society</a> Which would indicate recently (post-2016). Edit: I'm also seriously annoyed by articles that don't display the published date. Edit2: But I believe it references the quantitative easing, "printing money to boost the economy", which has been done ever since 2009, and which so far seems to have been working, but there's uncertainty as to whether it's sustainable or will lead to a collapse of the whole economy.
- trefn 6y ago
  The article is an excerpt from the book here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/collision-course https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/collision-course which appears to have been published in 2014.
gshubert17 6y ago
> It would be feasible to reduce hours of work and release workers for the pleasurable activities of free time with families and communities, but business did not support such a trajectory. This may be an explanation for the failure of John Maynard Keynes' prediction in 1930 that the working week might drop to 15 hours a week, with people choose more leisure as their basic material needs were satisfied.
- NoZZz 6y ago
  More leasure also brings the opportunity to spend time on fabricating things yourself... that's quite dangerous!

67 points by anarbadalov 6y ago

dekken_ 6y ago

Watch "The Century of the self" by Adam Curtis.

bryzaguy 6y ago
+100! So good, it’s crazy! PR is propaganda rebranded.
anarbadalov 6y ago
now in the queue; thx for the tip!
rayrag 6y ago
It's on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa1LiBedgAciIiHqBAWEo7Q/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa1LiBedgAciIiHqBAWEo7Q/vid... Also if you're a fan of his work watch 'The Loving Trap' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg Enjoy.

eslaught 6y ago

> In 2008, a similar unraveling began; its implications still remain unknown. When was this written? The post date indicates today, but are these people really working along such long time horizons that we can't work out the consequences of 2008 twelve years later?

spurgu 6y ago
The article references: > Galbraith, who had just published “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/11/100-best-nonfiction-books-affluent-society-jk-galbraith https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/11/100-best-nonfi..." target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Affluent Society</a> Which would indicate recently (post-2016). Edit: I'm also seriously annoyed by articles that don't display the published date. Edit2: But I believe it references the quantitative easing, "printing money to boost the economy", which has been done ever since 2009, and which so far seems to have been working, but there's uncertainty as to whether it's sustainable or will lead to a collapse of the whole economy.
trefn 6y ago
The article is an excerpt from the book here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/collision-course https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/collision-course which appears to have been published in 2014.

gshubert17 6y ago

> It would be feasible to reduce hours of work and release workers for the pleasurable activities of free time with families and communities, but business did not support such a trajectory. This may be an explanation for the failure of John Maynard Keynes' prediction in 1930 that the working week might drop to 15 hours a week, with people choose more leisure as their basic material needs were satisfied.

NoZZz 6y ago
More leasure also brings the opportunity to spend time on fabricating things yourself... that's quite dangerous!