Just watched Objectified. First of all, it’s easily available to watch illegaly. And I could embed it here for journalistic purposes, but I’m not because I’m a pussy.
Second, I can’t believe how arrogant and crazy the designers in the movie are. Everyone hates bankers with this populist outrage. Well, we hate them because they’re rich. If we wanted to hate someone it should be designers. You should hear these guys. They truly believe they are the Masters of The Universe.
They all think they control the design, and therefore by extension, control your life and your world. They also think they are in charge of saving the world by making more sustainable products.
Now, imagine taking those people and flipping them with banksters. You’d have people in the streets with pitchforks.
If Ken Lewis said, “I think I can save the world through banking, and I am responsible for making sure the world doesn’t perish.” You’d have the Huffington Post AND Drudge with headlines ripping him.
But because these folk are arty, they can get away with it. Same goes for teachers and writers. And lots of other jobs, I suppose.
Maybe you have to view your job as life and death to be good at it? I dunno, fuck me. This is what happens when I try to think. Waste of my time.
I’m going to go watch sports, which we can all agree is life or death. Phillies!
1 week ago
I’ve come up with a gimmick for an interview for a blog. Do a Q&A with Bill Simmons about the financial crisis. Then do a Q&A with Andrew Ross Sorkin about basketball. It will be a hilarious joke that I (and maybe I alone) will get.
1 week ago
