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🍃 Branches (key topics): Convenience Culture
🍂 Roots (Status): #seed
🌰 Source: https://youtu.be/IQC5mhe0itw?si=_-luD2DHl8dmt1pO

Notes

• "I think there is creative ground in edging yourself"
• convenience is boredom.
• There is also a privilege question here — but in an interesting way. Convenience is both a privilege and the opposite of a privilege.
  • The most obvious example I can think of right now is the idea of fast food as convenience, but also as often the cheapest option for many people, especially in the US (look into this further / find a source for this).
  • It used to be a convenience / luxury not to have to cook for yourself — having a cook or kitchen staff, going out to restaurants.
  • With the advent of fast food, that luxury became more convenient, and now, having time/money/space/energy to cook for yourself and know how to cook is a luxury.
• The relationship between convenience and luxury is not one-to-one, and I think creativity illustrates this too. Creativity requires time, but it also requires experience. Convenience creates time — making things faster or easier to access — but it also removes the possibility of having an experience.