A twist on surveillance capitalism
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Asking yourself today why you're unhappily doom-scrolling on Amazon instead of playing a board game with your cousins? Jason Farman's got you covered!
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Why Weβre Wired to Want, But Not Enjoy, Black Friday Deals: A Neuroscientist and an Industrial Designer Have Advice About Your Black Friday Buying Habits. My latest post on Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...
27.11.2024 18:54 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Why Weβre Wired to Want, But Not Enjoy, Black Friday Deals: A Neuroscientist and an Industrial Designer Have Advice About Your Black Friday Buying Habits. My latest post on Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...
27.11.2024 18:54 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Charles Baudelaire in 1859 on photography (or perhaps a 2024 critic of #AI promptography?): "If photography is allowed to supplement art in some of its functions, it will soon have supplanted or corrupted it altogether, thanks to the stupidity of the multitude which is its natural ally.β
26.11.2024 16:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
While doing some archival work, I came across an ad for the 1936 Kodak Bantam Special camera. I've been obsessed with it ever since. I wrote an article about why I think this camera is important in the history of design, technology, and consumerism. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/jasonfar...
25.11.2024 19:54 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
My first Amazon purchase was in March 2001 for a GRE study book. Since then, me & my family have made 3,616 more purchases! I wonder how much of that has ended up in a landfill?
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Iβm working on a short piece about Black Friday/Cyber Monday and was curious about my own Amazon addiction. Did you know you can download ALL of your Amazon data going back to your very first purchase? See: www.amazon.com/hz/privacy-c...
19.11.2024 14:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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Hello Bluesky! Iβm writing a new book and will be posting about the process. Follow along with me here or over on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/jasonfar...
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