Recap: May 2024

From why we should embrace our collective depression to the problem of away-thinking, why work needs degrowth, and towards planetarity

Hi everyone!

Another month is coming to an end, so here is a quick recap of May in case you missed some of my posts and general updates:

Going Paid

At the start of May, I introduced a paid subscription, making my Friday deep dive posts, as well as most of my old posts, only fully accessible for those paying $50/year or $5/month. Paid subscribers also have access to the full archive of all Rabbit Holes ideas and older deep dives (great for researchers!) and will get highly discounted or even free access to reports and presentations that I release in the future.

I hate doing promo, but if you are a fan of Creative Destruction, please consider supporting my work with a paid subscription! ☺️ (If you are struggling financially, e-mail me, and I’ll give you a complimentary subscription)

May Articles & Rabbit Holes

Here is an overview of all the Deep Dives and Rabbit Holes issues that I’ve sent out this month:

RABBIT HOLES #81 → 🎨 Interspecies Creativity 💑 The Relationship Economy 🏭 Digital Industrialism ➕ How To Live In A Digital City 🚿 How Dating Has Changed

RABBIT HOLES #80 → 📱 Screen Time Contradictions 🤨 Questioning Capitalism’s Legitimacy 🤖 AI Is Like McKinsey ➕ The Hidden Realms Around Us 🚿 Wheel Invention Consequences

RABBIT HOLES #79 → 📽️ The Revival of Analogue 🐾 A Language Of Animacy 🫣 Introspective Captivity ➕ Tradwife Media 🚿 Content Destroyers

RABBIT HOLES #78 → 👩‍🎨 New Creative Beginnings 🧩 Unpatterning ⬇️ Return On Energy & Downshifting ➕ Why Don’t We Worship Play? 🚿 From Learning About to Learning From Nature

What’s Next?

I’m currently in the process of making Creative Destruction more focused and, especially pra…cti…ca…ble. In short: I not only want to show you new perspectives but also help you use them in your work and life!

Even shorter (and this probably only makes sense to me):
ZEITGEIST + REFRAMINGS + FRAMEWORKS

Feedback from and conversations with some of you help me work on this, as well as my own ideas for the future of this newsletter. In case you want to share your thoughts with me, always feel free to reach out, would love to hear from you!

As always, thank you so much for supporting my work.

I'll see you next week!

All the best,
Thomas