This article wonders what powers the avidity of young Bitcoin millionaries for streetwear (https://www.gq.com/story/bitcoin-streetwear-overlap). The early eighteenth century Francis Hutcheson can explain. Hutcheson was Adam Smith’s teacher at Glasgow University. Here’s one of the youth millionaires: “They’re like nerdy rappers,” Finman says of his peers. “Just the way that people flex in the crypto community,…
Carlos Carvalhal is the Portuguese manager of Welsh football club Swansea. In an interesting interview he speaks about his love of philosophy, especially the French tradition. Philosophy is about complexity, and so is football, he argues (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5455533/Carlos-Carvalhal-interview-Swansea-City-manager.html). Philosophy is slowly but surely pulling Swansea away from relegation so likely they will remain in the…
Fast fashion leaders Zara are also a moral model in that much of their production is local to Galicia, Spain. Family headquarters, design, and production all aligned, as per Scheler’s estate (V&R Chapter 5). This article is about the city of Corunna, its economy flush with Zara money (https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/zara-hipsters-transform-their-hometown-into-a-spanish-powerhouse?utm_source=Subscribers&utm_campaign=96ec407a02-rei-kawakubo-s-pain-of-creation&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d2191372b3-96ec407a02-417297929). Corunna is also the…
Traditionally, shops were places where locals ran into each other. This became much less true with the rise of malls and shopping centres. Ironically, the upsurge in ecommerce is forcing shops to be less transactional and, in order to survive, they are having to think more about their place in the community (https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/video/amid-retail-apocalypse-the-future-of-commerce-is-community?utm_source=Subscribers&utm_campaign=59b7a64c0c-society-has-changed-victoria-s-secret-hasn-t&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d2191372b3-59b7a64c0c-417297929). …