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Because we spend our life indoors—like animals in a zoo—we are obsessed with the weather,” architect Rem Koolhaas once cynically quipped. We remain similarly obsessed with our bodies as the internet hypothetically diminishes their practical significance. As Grief notes, our corporeality is increasingly a liability, our bodies diminishing assets that require constant maintenance.
Margaritas at the Mall
Kneeling Bus
This is a new food culture, where the chef is not speaking from on high but is just some guy who knows that what people really want is not going to be put on a white plate with tweezers. It’s the end of food as concept and the recollection of food as [nourishment](https://substack.com/redirect/0c0ece63-4b87-4e7d-b939-afa14fa98f5a?j=eyJ1IjoiMXlmdTFqIn0.qYv5NVQwodvs9yAW1b9IqXxz-UTiPAUp4JXaRMXUArU) .
On ‘The Menu’
Alicia Kennedy
This is one of the main things that happens in finance. It describes how companies work — they issue debt and equity, etc. — and your mortgage, and banks. In its purest form, where you just have some set of cash flows and you slice them up into junior and senior claims, it is often called “securitization,” or “structured finance.”
Money Stuff: Slicing Cash Flows for Better Ratings
Matt Levine
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