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Dominique Olivier
Like my jacket? Thanks, it’s seaweed
It's in your yoghurt, your toothpaste and possibly your next pair of boots. Dominique Olivier explains how seaweed moved from slimy beach nuisance to one of the planet's most valuable - and greenest - economies.
Dominique Olivier
The internet can’t serve you spaghetti ice-cream
Once upon a time, getting lost was how you found the good stuff. Then the internet learned to predict exactly where you were going - and how to redirect you. Are we witnessing the digital flâneur's last walk? Dominique Olivier takes you back to a core memory that would be hard to replicate in today's online world.
Dominique Olivier
The top of the economic ladder: a tale of strange businesses
When creative entrepreneurs address wants rather than needs, capitalism can become a lot more colourful. Dominique Olivier explores the top of the economic ladder, where experiences become products and unusual human wants become markets.
Dominique Olivier
The economy of a mean world
We've never had more access to information, and we've also never been more anxious. Dominique Olivier explains why a frightened population is very good for business.
Dominique Olivier
Rooms without monsters can be scary too
The Backrooms began as an anonymous 4chan post and became the most surprising horror movie hit of the year. To understand why an empty room terrifies us, we have to look at what's hiding behind the wallpaper. From liminal spaces to uncanny valley, Dominique Olivier looks at how empty rooms can be just as scary as monsters.
Dominique Olivier
Dirt on display: the art of museum “acquisition”
A reality TV star, a stolen coffin, and the uncomfortable history of how museum preservation can look a lot like theft. Dominique Olivier digs into the ethical debates around where global relics are displayed and "owned" in the competitive environment of museums.
Dominique Olivier
Play money: Comic Con and the geek economy
Millennials and Gen Z aren't buying houses by default anymore. But they sure are buying other things! Dominique Olivier's recent visit to Comic Con Cape Town was an eye-opening experience about the power of the broader geek economy.
Dominique Olivier
The Nazi who was tried as a pirate
The scale and nature of Adolf Eichmann’s crimes placed them outside the reach of conventional legal frameworks. To hold him accountable, one court turned to a centuries-old doctrine designed to prosecute those who were considered enemies of all humanity. Dominique Olivier tells the astonishing story of how one Nazi almost got away.

