{"product_id":"farsight-17","title":"Farsight #17 - The Future of Vice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarsight #17 - The Future of Vice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vice can take many forms: overindulgence, moral fault, depravity, among others. Many  things once considered vices are now widely accepted. In the Western world: premarital sex, usury, and apostasy, to name just a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome vices have been embraced, only to later slide back into questionability. The question of what might be considered a vice in the future matters if we accept that novel vices – as well as shifting definitions of what does or does not count as a vice – are underappreciated indicators of the direction in which society is heading. Coffee rose to prominence in Britain’s Whiggish 17th-century coffee houses, with their excitable atmospheres and free flow of information. Psychedelics are associated with the 1960s and with ideals of expanded consciousness, universal togetherness, and world peace. Cocaine-sniffing yuppies fuelled the highs of financial capitalism in the 1980s, and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut vice is not confined to drugs and inebriants. Habits and behaviours can also assume the role of a vice when deemed overindulgent or morally or ethically questionable. In this issue, we explore the future of vice – and what it reveals about our society and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ra \u0026 Olly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57685473231232,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2009\/7115\/files\/Farsight_17-TheFutureofVice_1_373d9c38-5bec-468a-8c47-31925075cfe6.jpg?v=1774351664","url":"https:\/\/unitom.co.uk\/products\/farsight-17","provider":"UNITOM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}