Your next clean, well-lit, frictionless shopping experience is just around the virtual corner.

Lessons from David Hockney’s “worst” work.

How will falling birthrates in the West and China change the world?

It’s “infrastructure week!”

Should brands stand for democracy?

Why do we need awards?

Melinda Welch joins for reactions to the royal exit interview.

How real are my sneakers?

What the impeachment videos teach us about brands.

If people can fit in, can they also fit out?

Cartesian geometry and modern thinking.

It’s judgment time for the political and brand promises of the last several years.

New metaphors for working together.

The political realm of emotions.

What made us think Trump was a master brand builder?

Why does it feel strange when brands speak ethically?

Flags in a fractured world.

The ritualized practice of sympathetic magic in agencies and economics.

The role and functions of ritual in life and brands.

The origins and properties of an influential political force.