#commodification

#commodification

Back in 2008, Transport for London came up with a ruse to dispel antisocial behaviour: it piped classical music into supposedly problematic stations in the crime hotspots of south London. I think that was when I realised just how far the association of classical music with relaxing affect instead of real emotion had gone. Once an entire genre has become associated with relaxification, it's enough for you to hear the sound of an orchestra and think, This isn't for me.

SAN FRANCISCO - An inflatable giant with a cartoonish skull-and-crossbones head perches on the roof of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, like a car-lot tube man, advertising the exhibition KAWS: Family inside. The big balloon is various shades of gray, reminiscent of another large sculpture just a few blocks away on the Embarcadero Plaza, a 40-foot-tall naked woman fabricated from steel mesh.

Almost a quarter of all foster places in England are now provided by private equity-backed companies, leading to millions in profits at the expense of vulnerable children.

AI is perceived as an ideology that has engulfed the tech industry and parts of government, perpetuating systems of supremacy while masking its true implications.

The mutual insurance model, while beneficial for policyholders, also intersected with the dark history of enslavement, demonstrating the complex roots of American insurance practices.