nostalgia, culture, elon and zuck [Part 1]
So one thing that is nice about a newsletter is that it isn’t as concrete as a book, but it also isn’t that dynamic. It’s not editable. Once it’s out, it’s pretty much gone. I don’t love that! And my hope with this specific newsletter (and his topic) is that it’s a brick going into the wall, not a permanent structure within itself.
I’m going to walk through some theories and then some ideas, and highly encourage readers to comment what *they* think - and that will build into the next newsletter. I think the power of the collective is way more powerful, and I would love to use this as a brainstorm!
The Nostalgia Cycle Loop
Hope is the one virtue that requires imagination, in the sense that we consider the past and imagine a better future.
The nostalgic content being churned out via movies, books, even music(!) requires less imagination on our part because it comes from already-established world building. It’s easier to imagine the context around a…
