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Wondering what the consequences of more sustainable living (esp. less packaging and convenience) will be for gender equality, and who is writing on and thinking about that...
Also how the gender optics of e.g. going to the wholesalers with big containers will pan out. Will it feel more like exciting masculine survivalism, I wonder, or will it be a double dose of care - for the planet AND your family/community - so be extra uncool?
One of the most striking things about the *brilliant* BBC show Back in Time for Dinner bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05… was how much convenience, packaged (and, yes) processed food was a factor in giving women the time to go to work in the 70s and 80s and “have it all”.
I’d really like to see a futures version of that show, that sketched out what different infrastructure and home technology and household work would be needed to keep a small family alive in 2030, 2040 etc.
Also, makes note to find out if there are any start-ups using gig economy workers and drones to provide cheap labour to power zero emission local food co-ops. The shinification of sharing. (I mean, besides Amazon/Whole Foods ofc.)
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I *want* 2019 to be a year of radical hope and possibility, made possible by compelling political leadership and bravery. BUT in the meantime, this is what I think *will* happen at the intersection of big tech and UK society:
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I’ve been getting a vegetable box delivered to my house every week for over 10 years. I administer it online, and change my order from time to time, but mostly the same things just turn up. I’ve been trying to work out why this feels like a *farm* service not an *online* service.
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Presumably, lots of brilliant marketing people have told them over the years that this is suicide. But also it’s not in their interest to personalise. I can’t stand chicory, but I still have to get it in the box at chicory time, because otherwise, where does the chicory *go*?
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