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Review of the original Whole Earth Catalog [video]
- devinjon 3y agoReview by Lloyd Kahn of Shelter Publications.
- jefurii 3y agoI spent a lot of time with my dad's old catalogs in the 1980s. This review looks like it's by a guy who got it in his youth when it was new. As a Gen X-er I'd to see what Gen-Z reviewers make of them. "We are as gods and might as well get good at it". "Ok boomer".
- devinjon 3y agoYeah, if memory serves, the reviewer in this case was 'housing' editor at Whole Earth. At the time he was into geodesic domes and Buckminster Fuller, a worldview and technology he would shortly disavow. The reviewer's blog is worth a look if you're up for a bit of architectural hippydom. [1] As for Gen X. Well, My Morning Jack apparently did an album inspired by the Whole Earth Catalog. [2] [1] https://www.lloydkahn.com/ https://www.lloydkahn.com/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Distortion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Distortion