

The White Whale Jumps the Shark
I left to go hiking in the Pacific northwest on 9/10, one day after the annual Apple unveiling, one day before the anniversary of 9/11. This day between one of the triggers of overconsumption and one of the reminders of everything we already have got me thinking: We as a society need to be rethinking. Everything. Let’s start with the pencil. The Apple Pencil. Are Steve Jobs’ haunting words, “If you see a stylus, they blew it” a harbinger for the brand? For our culture? Maybe.