The Pathos of Things

Home
Archive
About
New
Top
Discussion
The Uberisation of Everything
Affordable luxuries have come at a deeper cost
 • 
Wessie du Toit
3
Do You Want to Look like the One Percent?
Social status alone does not explain the way people dress
 • 
Wessie du Toit
April 2023
Note to Readers
Enjoy my absence (while it lasts)
 • 
Wessie du Toit
Farewell, Timber Utopia
Returning to wood is not the architectural remedy I hoped it was
 • 
Wessie du Toit
How Apple Works
The company’s design success is backed by aggressive innovation and rent-seeking
 • 
Wessie du Toit
March 2023
The Real AI Revolution
Chatbots and the death throes of the creator ideology
 • 
Wessie du Toit
2
The Nietzschean Origins of Skyscrapers
Thus spoke Louis Sullivan
 • 
Wessie du Toit
The Anarchy of Raw Materials
Commodity traders and the rise of Putin’s Russia
 • 
Wessie du Toit
2
The Beauty of Boundaries
Privacy is the only refuge from the disintegration of public life
 • 
Wessie du Toit
1
February 2023
The Society of the Balloon Dog
On irony and its limitations
 • 
Wessie du Toit
Untangling the 15-Minute City Mess
Why people are worried about a changing urban environment
 • 
Wessie du Toit
3
Meaning in a Materialistic Culture
Consumerism doesn’t prevent us finding a deeper value in objects
 • 
Wessie du Toit
1
© 2023 Wessie du Toit
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing