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Weighing consumerism鈥檚 long throw
Clayton Collins
Happy #BuyNothingDay, or #OptOutside Day!
Or, yes 鈥� as your inbox has relentlessly suggested for weeks 鈥� Black Friday.
That retailpalooza would be a boring recurrence by now except that it keeps mutating. China鈥檚 version, now called Double 11 for its Nov. 11 date, pulled in this year.
In the United States, Instagram 鈥渋nfluencers鈥� that demand new goods. Walmart to train greeters to manage crowds. A cottage industry in 鈥渓ine sitting鈥� has shopping-line placeholders .
At a time when debates run to extremes, you might expect hyperconsumers and voluntary simplicity types to be engaged in open war. But there鈥檚 lots of crossover behavior in the middle. You can lament the loss of a whale this week off Indonesia to and still rely on the material, even if reluctantly, for some near-term needs.
Collectively, though, we may be looking away less and thinking more.
Ask a college kid about , the rocklike substance that will be a legacy of the Anthropocene age. Share about a family-run emporium in Pennsylvania that uses hot chocolate, not hot deals, to draw no-tech browsers seeking throwback fashions. And don鈥檛 let Black Friday 鈥渘ews鈥� black out , like today鈥檚 about human impact on climate change. Thought shifts? Those seem worth shopping for.
Now to our five stories for your Friday. We look at pushes for needed progress in two states鈥� voting processes, at another state鈥檚 effort to preserve a signature sport, and at a tiny innovation in reading.
