The Deleted Scenes - New and Old #151
‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything, Financial Times, Cory Doctorow, February 8, 2024 NSFW:
And:
Everyone knows in their bones what he’s talking about. Twitter bots, Facebook ads, self-checkout, airport terminal check-in kiosks, the spammy later pages of the Amazon search results and unreachable customer service. This isn’t down to just a few bad CEOs:
This is also interesting:
And this interesting bit on how little bit of interpretive sleight of hand effectively nullified antitrust law:
Finally, the extent to which the tech companies have warped the law around intellectual property:
There’s a lot in this piece, and I’m sure some of it could be argued with, but it’s quite interesting. City Planning’s Greatest Innovation Makes a Comeback, The Atlantic, M. Nolan Gray, February 15, 2024
There’s order, but there’s also a kind of freedom, in a pre-designated development pattern:
This is as good a way to put it as I’ve ever seen: “Many American cities are both overplanned and under-planned.” TLDR: bring back the grid. Read the whole thing.
This is important:
I wrote about that issue here. They go on to point out that America has some very walkable cities, but also that most population growth is happening in sprawling places. True. But I think our urban heritage and history is frequently undervalued even by a lot of urbanists. My short take on this question is yes, of course, because America was an urban country up until we broke from the rest of the world in the early-mid-20th century. So I would not even ask the same question, but rather ask, “Can America rediscover 15-minute cities?” The Moral Panic Over Ozempic Misses the Point, NYMag Intelligencer, Rachael Bedard, February 2, 2024 This is an interesting piece—taking somewhat seriously but also kind of dismissing the navel-gazing upper-middle-class lefty narratives at play here. Which is why I like this bit:
In other words, privileged, affluent, healthy people are getting attention by flaunting moral concern over whether a drug that helps you lose weight will hurt the cause of fat acceptance, while out of the picture are desperate, sick, poor people for whom these things could likely not matter less. 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 piece, plus full access to the archive: over 900 pieces and growing. And you’ll help ensure more like this! You're currently a free subscriber to The Deleted Scenes. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. |
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A City Writ Small
Thursday, February 29, 2024
A final exploration of neighborhood supermarkets and small-scale commerce ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Old Way, New Way
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #151 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Drop a Tip
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Further thoughts on restaurants and dining out ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Now, Folks, It's Time For "Who Do You Trust!"
Monday, February 26, 2024
Scammers, like traitors, degrade society, and their marks being dumb doesn't excuse them ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
It's Hard To Explain When You Understand It
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Experience broadens and narrows your mind ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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