Aug 11, 2021
A thing like that.
seen from China
seen from Germany
seen from Italy
seen from United States
seen from Austria
seen from Türkiye
seen from Japan
seen from Netherlands
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Brazil
seen from Dominican Republic
seen from United States
seen from Brazil
seen from Kazakhstan
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
A thing like that.
MAD MEN ⇢ don/betty + ‘birdie’
MAD MEN (2007-2015)
Alternating between reading an N+1 article about stilted, ambitious men making unbelievable amounts of money, and reading a draft article for a friend/colleague. It is a history of hegemonic capitalism in the early modern period, written by three very ambitious men. I read pieces about VC and Silicon Valley and think, god it would be nice to have that much money. And I read my friend/colleague's writing and think how nice it would be to write about capitalism and money, to never have to justify my work. Ambition, power, short-sightedness--oh, I fear I know that combo too.