PinnedDavid Friedlander·Sep 2, 2016Minimalism: class, fetishes and the fate of the planetOver the last several years, news outlets, and the New York Times in particular, have portrayed the minimalist movement in myriad ways…A response icon4A response icon4
PinnedDavid Friedlander·Apr 19, 2024How Modern America is Optimized for Loneliness, Misery, and Poor HealthRecently released research from the American Psychological Association (APA) found that middle-aged Americans are lonelier than their…A response icon28A response icon28
PinnedDavid Friedlander·Feb 5, 2024FFS, Stop Saying There’s a Housing Shortage in AmericaA residential tower in Los Angeles has been in the news in recent days. The unfinished building is covered with graffiti, an artistic…A response icon3A response icon3
David Friedlander·Apr 16, 2025An Ode to Screen TimeThere’s nothing I love more than looking at backlit, digital screens. I’ve traveled the world, built stuff, loved and lost too many times…
David Friedlander·Nov 4, 2024A Vote for No Confidence“Don’t go left. Don’t go right. Go deeper.”A response icon1A response icon1
David Friedlander·Oct 4, 2024How Could that Thing that’s Been Happening a Lot and was Predicted to Happen More Often, but with…I’m not sure what it’s going to take for people to wake up and start preparing for new realities — be they climatic, physical-material, or…A response icon2A response icon2
David Friedlander·Sep 27, 2024The Top of the BottomHow 12-step recovery and thermodynamic principles are urging modern civilization to admit defeat and embrace inevitable collapse.
David Friedlander·Sep 12, 2024High Fructose Corn Syrup for the Modern SoulThe state of our physical and mental health primarily flows from what we consume, whether that consumed thing is a gallon or petroleum, a…
David Friedlander·Jun 24, 2024The Future is BrokeA few years ago, I ran across a piece by a venture capitalist on the topic of climate technology. The piece’s cover image (above) showed a…A response icon2A response icon2
David Friedlander·Jun 7, 2024Why Office to Residential Conversions Will Not Save America’s Dying DowntownsFirst off, let me state emphatically that adaptive reuse — i.e. converting existing buildings made for one purpose into another — is…
