Brands Mean a Lot

Gummy Candy Eucharist

How some gummy candy gave me the strength to be more outspoken on LinkedIn.

Sep 16 • 

Jared Holst

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Today's Political Nihilism

What the NYC mayoral race tells us about the state of politics at large

Sep 3 • 

Jared Holst

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July 2025

New Ways to Stay

Hotels and the misrepresentation of low wage work

Jul 28 • 

Jared Holst

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June 2025

Eating Alone in Cars

What the solitude of car-bound cheeseburgers really means

Jun 18 • 

Jared Holst

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April 2025

The inversion of The Deal

How AI has re-shaped our understanding of value

Apr 29 • 

Jared Holst

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March 2025

Working for integration

Integration isn't only for TV's "Severance", it'd serve us to try for it as well.

Mar 17 • 

Jared Holst

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July 2024

Politics? Getting worse?

Enshittification has come for politics

Jul 18, 2024 • 

Jared Holst

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January 2024

The Surreal Solidarity in Women's Deodorant

“Researchers say women's friendships are face to face: They talk, cry together, share secrets.

Jan 9, 2024 • 

Jared Holst

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October 2023

Hate and the Hippocratic Oath

Most companies treat customer service like a bandaid for its real problems. What's it mean that the bandaids are doctors?

Oct 19, 2023 • 

Jared Holst

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August 2023

Black Guck on a Duck

What do those Dawn commercials where they clean ducks say about our desensitization to man made disasters?

Aug 15, 2023 • 

Jared Holst

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**For Insider.com- Brand movies. Gig economy. Connection?

There are a ton of these brand movies coming out. The gig economy continues to grow. They both kinda suck.

Aug 1, 2023 • 

Jared Holst

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April 2023

'Hey bitches, it's Dakota'

Neat stuff from the first few months of the year

Apr 19, 2023 • 

Jared Holst

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