Nick CrowtherLuxury stuff 🤖Have you heard of Fully Automated Luxury Communism? It’s a super positive view of the post-work future where robots take care of all the…Aug 14, 2019Aug 14, 2019
Nick CrowtherThe Means of Persuasion 🙈There was an article in Jacobin called Against Advertising. It argues that the world would be better off without advertising and marketing…Aug 9, 2019Aug 9, 2019
Nick CrowtherTogether alone 🏔I recently had conversations with two people within a week of each other, both talking about IKEA. The first person told me they’d never…Aug 7, 2019Aug 7, 2019
Nick CrowtherSnakes and ladders 🐍Growing food is part of culture. Making food is part of culture. But for a lot of people these days only eating food is part of culture…Aug 1, 2019Aug 1, 2019
Nick CrowtherIt’s ferment to be 🦠Learning to harness fermentation was a significant milestone in the development of civilisation. Five thousand years ago some clever humans…Jul 30, 2019Jul 30, 2019
Nick CrowtherSet them free 👮♂️Perhaps the most moving experience of our week in Tasmania was visiting Port Arthur…Jul 29, 2019Jul 29, 2019
Nick CrowtherAI don’t know art, but I know what I like.Can AIs create art? Nah but yeah.Apr 5, 2019Apr 5, 2019
Nick CrowtherFive Ways To Fix Climate Change 🙅♀️🤒👩⚖️🐿😃Welcome to the first Five Ways To Fix, a new monthly series about fixing big problems. What bigger problem than climate change?Mar 15, 2019Mar 15, 2019
Nick CrowtherI’m still quitting stuffIt’s early August now. The last time I wrote here I’d just spent the month of March avoiding dairy. I’ve been mysteriously silent since…Aug 5, 2017Aug 5, 2017
Nick CrowtherA month off dairyUpdate: on the last evening of March, The Guardian published this article on the horrors of The Dairy industry 😳😭Mar 31, 2017Mar 31, 2017