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Media consumption

NEWS

Media consumption is going through a deep break. Audiences no longer reach the news through one single door. In the past, people opened the...

Student Debt

NEWS

Student debt has changed the way many families look at college. For decades, a college degree worked as a direct promise: study more to...

Unaffordable Housing Is Changing the Way People Live

CULTURE

Home no longer means the same thing for millions of people. For decades, the dominant image was clear: a house of one’s own, a...

Artificial Intelligence and Authorship Artificial Intelligence and Authorship

CULTURE

Artificial intelligence has changed a question that once seemed stable: who made the work. For centuries, the artist was the person who imagined, drew,...

Burnout Burnout

CULTURE

Burnout has stopped being a warning sign and, in many offices and creative sectors, has become a badge of honor. Saying “I haven’t slept,”...

Rise of Atheism and Secular Spirituality Rise of Atheism and Secular Spirituality

CULTURE

The rise of atheism and secular spirituality shows a deep transformation in the West. Fewer people attend churches, temples, synagogues, or traditional religious communities....

New Masculinities New Masculinities

CULTURE

New masculinities are advancing inside homes where old rules still carry weight. In Arab and Latin American cities, many young men no longer want...

Dating Apps Dating Apps

CULTURE

Dating apps have changed the way millions of people look for a partner. What once depended on friends, family, neighbors, work, college, church, or...

The Whale Fan Economy The Whale Fan Economy

MUSIC

The Whale Fan Economy begins with a fan staring at a checkout screen and deciding whether thirty seconds near a favorite singer deserves rent...

The Rise of National Artist Bans The Rise of National Artist Bans

MUSIC

The Rise of National Artist Bans reached a new level when a festival did not collapse because of weather, low sales or a failed...

The Anti-Festival Underground The Anti-Festival Underground

MUSIC

The “Anti-Festival” Underground begins where the mega festival stops feeling like escape. It begins after the expensive pass, the VIP lane, the payment plan,...

MUSIC

The AI Consent Rebellion Music’s New Labor War began when artists realized the machine did not need to break into the studio. It had...

The Genre-Agnostic Artist The Genre-Agnostic Artist

MUSIC

The “genre-agnostic” artist dominates today’s music. Today, a singer releases a trap song, then a ballad, then a pop track, then something close to...

World Tour Fatigue World Tour Fatigue

MUSIC

“World Tour Fatigue” is no longer a public relations excuse. It is a labor, physical, mental, and environmental crisis inside the music industry. For...

The artist as global CEO The artist as global CEO

MUSIC

The artist as global CEO defines the new economy of fame. The musician no longer enters the market with a song, an album, and...

The Super-Fan Economy The Super-Fan Economy

MUSIC

The “super-fan” economy against the casual consumer now defines the business of live music. The mass concert no longer works as a common meeting...

The Death of the Human Voice The Death of the Human Voice

MUSIC

The “death” of the human voice no longer sounds like science fiction. It sounds like a tour announced after death. Like a voice isolated...

The Twilight of the Untouchable Icon The Twilight of the Untouchable Icon

MUSIC

The twilight of the “untouchable icon” did not arrive because artists stopped being famous. It arrived because fans stopped accepting fame as an excuse....