Person
Nicolas Cevallos
22 pieces · 1 connections
Connections
Each line is a relationship Brain Rot Report drew in a specific piece, in that piece's words.
- iPod
Both describe the same consumer psychology: buying objects to resist the consumption cycle rather than participate in it
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Coverage
- Oura Goes Public While Fairphone Proves Repair Is Enough
- Wendell Berry, Greg Chism, and the Platform That Eats You
- CDs Are Back. So Is the Idea That Objects Mean Something.
- Circular Ring 3 and the Wearable Trust Paradox
- The Adidas Samba Gets Pearls. Noah's Timex Gets Forever.
- Nicolas Cevallos and the Case for Owning Things That Last
- Y2K Tech Vault Meets Treasury Vault: Nostalgia as Finance
- Awake NY Turns Bootleg Air Jordans Into Nostalgia for Sale
- Apple's Upgrade Program and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Have the Same Business Model
- Permanence Is the New Luxury Product
- Eminem's Sneakers Are Relics Now, Not Shoes
- Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 and the Rise of the Considered Return
- Longaberger's Basket HQ Is Empty. Christie's Sold $4.5 Billion Anyway.
- Sony's RX10 Comeback Is Selling You Anxiety as Nostalgia
- Sony and Nintendo Are Quietly Killing What You Own
- Norway's Porcelain Wreck and Diane Keaton's 100x Estate Sale
- Nostalgia Is Now a $3M Asset Class
- Nuuly Wants Your Closet. Babaà Wants It to Last.
- Nicolas Cevallos and the Case for a Hippocampus-as-a-Service
- PlayStation Sells a Cushion, and Nostalgia Becomes a Platform
- Designed to Last: Marc Newson's Luggage Problem
- The Investment Piece and the Fusion Round