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Society and Culture

Manufactured Desire and Planned Obsolescence
Manufactured Desire and Planned Obsolescence
Three shorts on how desire and product life can be engineered, from Edward Bernays and the light bulb cartel to scanned books and vanishing originals.
Orwell Versus Huxley
Orwell Versus Huxley
Four shorts compare Orwell's fear of control through pain with Huxley's fear of control through pleasure and distraction.
Puzzles From the Past and Philosophies of Repair
Puzzles From the Past and Philosophies of Repair
Three shorts on an unreadable manuscript, an ancient Greek device and the Japanese art of kintsugi, about what is lost, kept and made valuable.