Roadside Advertising

The End Of Roadside Attractions

Jane Stern | Paris Review | 9th April 2025

Driving across America in the 1970s, one could see a marvellous array of eccentric attractions. Not the corporate kind — these were all "a brainchild of an individual with a vision". Their presence was announced by billboard miles away, building the anticipation for eventual arrival at a dinosaur park, the world’s largest ball of twine, the rare fur-bearing trout, the coon dog cemetery and many more (1,700 words)

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What If We Made Advertising Illegal?

Kōdō Simone | 7th April 2025

Thought experiment. It feels like "asking to outlaw gravity", but it could improve the world. Removing paid advertising would, overnight, get rid of addictive digital content and "personalised, reality-distorting bubbles". Our lives would no longer be minutely and stealthily tracked. Perhaps one day we will look back on advertising saturation as we do "cigarette smoke, child labour, or public executions" (600 words)