The Myth of Self-Reliance
An encounter with Emerson’s essays.
Jenny Odell
There's No Such Thing as a Free Watch
On July 2017, a visitor to the Museum of Capitalism contributed a watch (from here on referred to as 'our watch') to the museum’s artifact drive. In his form, he noted that Folsom & Co., a supposedly San Francisco-based company, used Instagram to offer the watch 'free,' but with $7 shipping.
A Business With No End
Inside the maze of an Amazon scam storefront empire.
