Culture Machine
Posted by: Chris Fetherston | November 17th, 2008
A purchase becomes “An Experience”, a customer service representative becomes a “Geek” or a “Genius”, and a product becomes a “Badge of Your Musical Devotion.” On the surface it may seem trivial, harmless and basic marketing rhetoric until you have an entire country running on disposable electronics, cheap coffee and donuts. continue reading»
Constructed Thoughts
Written by: Adam Gazdalski, Posted by: Chris Fetherston | June 8th, 2008
I was given a question: “Why does our contemporary culture place such little value on thought?” First of all, this question is a question that could only be asked by someone who believes most people in our culture do not think as much as they should. I believe our culture today places just as much emphasis on thought as any other large culture ever has. We have even more things to think about today. It is the information age after all. The problem lies in the fact that we are thinking the wrong thoughts. I would like to rephrase this question as, “Why does contemporary culture put so little emphasis on the value of thoughts we think?” continue reading»
Society of Perfect Time
Posted by: Chris Fetherston | May 14th, 2008
My alarm clock rings at 7:47 AM which I deliberately place on the other side of the room to force myself out of bed. I drag through the paces of getting ready; shower, shave, clothes, check email while waffles are cooking, blah blah. Then I join the cluttered masses on the highway to my little cube in office-somewhere, I poke my way through the work that’s there and sometimes not before rejoining my four wheeled, blue-tooth armed comrades.
I can’t help but question just how healthy is a whole culture running in front of the hour hand in near perfect time?