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Is everything getting worse? Well, yes! Julia and Nick break down enshittification, planned obsolescence, and the long history of things being made worse on purpose. From disposable culture to Facebook AI slop, they break down how we've all been conditioned to waste our time and money while being trained to expect basically nothing in return. Digressions include the implications of boyfriends entering the girls' rag hang unannounced, a brief stay in frog paradise, and the AI fridge that watches your baby.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.
To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
SOURCES
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
How the Deadly 1918 Flu Pandemic Brought Dixie Cups to Easton
Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America by Giles Slade
OFFICIALS EXPLAIN WAR SAVINGS PLAN; McAdoo and Vanderlip Open $2,000,000,000 Campaign at "Frugality Dinner." DIRECTORS THEIR GUESTS Speakers Predict National Response to the Appeals of These Patriotic Business Leaders.
Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction, A Social Critique on the Judgement of Taste, 1984
Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
Pushbutton Magic - 1948
The Age of Enshittification
The Waste Makers
Toward a Throw-Away Culture. Consumerism, 'Style Obsolescence' and Cultural Theory in the 1950s and 1960s
Understaffing as a form of enshittification
1956 Frigidaire Refrigerator ice box Commercial
By Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb4.8
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Is everything getting worse? Well, yes! Julia and Nick break down enshittification, planned obsolescence, and the long history of things being made worse on purpose. From disposable culture to Facebook AI slop, they break down how we've all been conditioned to waste our time and money while being trained to expect basically nothing in return. Digressions include the implications of boyfriends entering the girls' rag hang unannounced, a brief stay in frog paradise, and the AI fridge that watches your baby.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.
To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
SOURCES
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
How the Deadly 1918 Flu Pandemic Brought Dixie Cups to Easton
Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America by Giles Slade
OFFICIALS EXPLAIN WAR SAVINGS PLAN; McAdoo and Vanderlip Open $2,000,000,000 Campaign at "Frugality Dinner." DIRECTORS THEIR GUESTS Speakers Predict National Response to the Appeals of These Patriotic Business Leaders.
Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction, A Social Critique on the Judgement of Taste, 1984
Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
Pushbutton Magic - 1948
The Age of Enshittification
The Waste Makers
Toward a Throw-Away Culture. Consumerism, 'Style Obsolescence' and Cultural Theory in the 1950s and 1960s
Understaffing as a form of enshittification
1956 Frigidaire Refrigerator ice box Commercial

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