This month, the Metacrisis Documentary Club gathers to watch Buy Now — a Netflix documentary exposing the psychological tactics, behavioral manipulation, and engineered desire that drive modern consumer culture.

But this isn’t just a watch party.

We’ll begin the evening with a homemade meal (arrive around 6pm if you'd like to cook and co-create with us), followed by a short intention-setting practice to ground the conversation. Before the film, we’ll reflect on our own entanglement in the system.

We invite you to come prepared with:

An example of a time you fell prey to advertising or consumer manipulation.

A reflection on how you may also contribute to these dynamics — through your work, creative practice, investments, or everyday habits.

This isn’t about blame. It’s about clarity.

The metacrisis isn’t just “out there” in governments and corporations — it runs through our feeds, our identities, and our desires. Buy Now gives us a lens. Our discussion gives us agency.

Come curious.
Come honest.
Come hungry (for food and truth).

Let’s watch the system — and then examine our place within it.

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