The Deleted Scenes - New and Old #112
Further down I mention making sure the date on a piece isn’t April 1. This is one of those pieces. A real-life untold story of something that is still very much within memory. What other untold stories are out there?
That’s just the intro, and this is just part one of three. Read them all. I will say two things. One, Motorola’s attitude toward electric cars reminds me a lot of Kodak’s attitude toward digital cameras back in the ’90s. And two, you wonder how much more advanced technology would be today if the smartest people just had the time and money to do their thing. Our National French Fry Decline, The Melt, Jason Diamond, May 17, 2023 This piece, superficially a complaint about concealed overly-small French fry portions, captures just about exactly what I’ve been feeling lately about buying things, and the actual sense of loss at what has changed quasi-post-pandemic; the feeling that a whole ways of doing business and in some ways of living is vanishing.
And then this bit, which reminds me so much of what I write about both buffets and classical urbanism:
Give this a read and think about it.
This is one of those pieces where I do two things. First, make sure the date isn’t April 1. Second, wish I had written it. I don’t want to spoil or explain it. It’s a very fun read!
After having some car trouble:
Read the whole thing. I think some people—the people who need to read this piece—can’t actually distinguish self-reliance and community from handouts and dependence. Related Reading: Thank you for reading! Please consider upgrading to a paid subscription to help support this newsletter. You’ll get a weekly subscribers-only post, plus full access to the archive: over 600 posts and growing. And you’ll help ensure more material like this! You're currently a free subscriber to The Deleted Scenes. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. |
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