Predictions and Conspiracy Theories
18 min
The Era of Temporariness: How We Forgot to Fix Things and Relationships
A hundred years ago, corporations decided that light bulbs should burn out faster—otherwise, people would stop buying them. Today, this principle has quietly taken over our entire lives. We live in an era of "liquid modernity," where fixing something is harder than buying a new one, and relationships resemble a subscription that can be canceled with one click.