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The economy created looksmaxxing
Develops Baudrillardian body commodification through this source: When education, careers, and class mobility stop working as levers, the self becomes the last investable asset.
Baudrillard called this in 1970 — once capitalism exhausts the external world of things to commodify, it turns inward.
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Baudrillardian body commodificationmoney / class
Brands do NOT create culture
Develops Brands as cultural patrons through this source: Culturally resonant brands identify cultural currents relevant to their strategy and then grant that culture a platform.
Culturally resonant brands identify cultural currents relevant to their strategy and then grant that culture a platform.
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Brands as cultural patronsmoney / class
You can't sell aspiration to a society that doesn't believe in it
Develops Aspiration collapse in the k-shaped economy through this source: You can't sell aspiration to a society that doesn't believe in it.
You can't sell aspiration to a society that doesn't believe in it.
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Aspiration collapse in the k-shaped economyidentity scripts
The mythologies that hold our reality together are collapsing
Develops Ontological collapse and brand mythology through this source: The mythologies that hold our reality together are collapsing.
Today: a special collab with @jasminebina - Together, we go into the collapse of the mythologies that hold the West together, and the consequences for brands building upon ontological beliefs that have ceased to exist.
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Ontological collapse and brand mythologybrand systems
Like never before, we are living our lives to be perceived by others
Develops Mediated selfhood and the Lacanian gaze through this source: Like never before, we are living our lives to be perceived by others.
👀 According to brand strategy consultant, speaker and educator Eugene Healey, success is to live an unmediated and present existence.’ But if you’re a creator on this platform - how easy is that in reality?
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Mediated selfhood and the Lacanian gazeidentity scripts
A creator's fame is the least interesting thing about them
Develops Decentralised desire and the creator/celebrity distinction through this source: A creator's fame is the least interesting thing about them.
Today: how decentralised desire killed Hollywood, and why brands need to stop treating creators like celebrities.
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Decentralised desire and the creator/celebrity distinctionbrand systems
What does status look like when luxury becomes algorithmic wallpaper?
Develops Post-luxury behavioural status symbols through this source: What does status look like when luxury becomes algorithmic wallpaper?
This month: we're unpacking 6 different behavioural status symbols - with videos here + deeper analysis, reading lists, and reflective questions on Substack where we can share observations of how status is evolving in real time.
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Post-luxury behavioural status symbolsresearch / theory
Is Costco the true middle-class lifestyle brand?
Develops Aspiration collapse in the k-shaped economy through this source: Today: why aspirational middle-class branding is collapsing in a k-shaped economy - where consumers are either reaching for true luxury or drowning in cost-of-living pressures.
Today: why aspirational middle-class branding is collapsing in a k-shaped economy - where consumers are either reaching for true luxury or drowning in cost-of-living pressures.
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Aspiration collapse in the k-shaped economymoney / class
theorist
Jean Baudrillard
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