# Pushbutton Chimp

> Pushbutton Chimp: an opinionated magazine and podcast on humanity’s past, present and future of living with, and without, our technology.

## About

Pushbutton Chimp (pushbuttonchimp.com) is an opinionated magazine and podcast about humanity's past, present and future of living with, and without, our technology: the home, the kitchen, music, design, repair, ownership, family life and the outdoors. Sections: Field Notes (articles), Push Back (the podcast), Subscribe.

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## Pages

- [Pushbutton Chimp | Living with, and without, our technology](https://pushbuttonchimp.com/): Pushbutton Chimp: an opinionated magazine and podcast on humanity’s past, present and future of living with, and without, our technology.
- [A Machine for Living In: The Modernist House and the Gadgets It Never Needed](https://pushbuttonchimp.com/modernist-house-gadgets-it-never-needed): Le Corbusier coined the phrase 'a machine for living in' not to celebrate gadgetry, but the elegance of efficient design. Today, our homes are often burdened by smart features that promise convenience but deliver complexity and planned obsolescence.
- [Enshittification, Explained: Why the Things We Love Get Worse on Purpose](https://pushbuttonchimp.com/enshittification-explained-why-things-get-worse-on-purpose): Ever notice how your favorite app or product starts out great, then slowly but surely, turns into a shadow of its former self? This deliberate degradation of quality is what we call enshittification, and it's a plague on our digital and physical lives.
- [Field Notes | Pushbutton Chimp](https://pushbuttonchimp.com/field-notes): Field Notes: opinionated articles on living with, and without, our technology, from Pushbutton Chimp.
- [Push Back | Pushbutton Chimp podcast](https://pushbuttonchimp.com/push-back): Push Back, the Pushbutton Chimp podcast: the Chimp makes the case, Marlowe pushes back. Living with our machines, past, present and future.
- [Subscribe | Pushbutton Chimp](https://pushbuttonchimp.com/subscribe): Get the Pushbutton Chimp letter: Field Notes when there is something worth saying.
- [The Built-In Demise: From the Phoebus Cartel to Your Pocket's Planned Obsolescence](https://pushbuttonchimp.com/the-built-in-demise-phoebus-cartel-to-your-pocket): Planned obsolescence isn't a modern phenomenon; its roots stretch back a century to cynical agreements designed to shorten product life for profit. Today, this insidious practice manifests in our everyday tech, from phone batteries to smart features.
- [The Push-Button Kitchen of Tomorrow: What the 1950s Promised and What We Actually Got](https://pushbuttonchimp.com/the-push-button-kitchen-of-tomorrow): The mid-century dream of a fully automated kitchen, freed from all domestic drudgery, never quite arrived. Instead, we've gotten something far more complicated, and often, much worse.
- [When the Stereo Was Furniture: The Lost Art of Listening and the Quiet Rebellion](https://pushbuttonchimp.com/when-the-stereo-was-furniture-the-quiet-rebellion): Once, the stereo wasn’t just a device; it was a monument in the living room, a beautifully crafted piece of furniture. Today, our listening experience has been fragmented and diluted, but a quiet revolution is brewing.

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