Nice video on what mainstream yoga imagery usually leaves out , via @kottke.
DNA tests are becoming on of my pet peeves: “marketing campaigns for genetic-ancestry tests also tap into the idea that DNA is deterministic, that genetic differences are meaningful. […] making DNA out to be far more important in our cultural identities than it is, in order to sell more stuff” Recommended read from The Atlantic.
The Washington Post on Elon Musk: Elon Musk is the ‘poster boy’ of a culture that celebrates ‘obsessive overwork.
Via @1843magazine: the old supersonic Concord plane that could fly from Paris to New York in about 3.5 hours as a symbol for the Jet Set lifestyle and indifference to the environment. Read about it here.
Monetization of attention and the weird children’s videos it produces.