Papers in Trash Pool

Here I am again, staring at another brochure of an appliance manufacturer, advertising things I don’t need, using colorful thick papers that are hard to tear, just because I bought something from them almost twenty years ago. I didn’t sign up for anything except to register for the warranty, and they appear in my email inbox and home address. Almost two decades.

I used to like National Geographic magazine. It has a lot of interesting articles and beautiful natural pictures. In fact, I liked it so...