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"In previous epochs, for the most part, pop culture was ephemeral and
superseded from year to year and generation to generation; now instead of
replacing our pop culture, we accumulate it instead. There’s a reason why we
swapped physical media for digital, and then swapped digital media for
streaming: it’s not just convenience, it’s that personal storage of such vast
libraries would be impossible for anyone without a fleet of trucks.
More importantly, our relationship with pop culture itself has been changed by
that ease of accessibility. Instead of, say,
The Office existing as a sitcom
fondly remembered from a decade ago, it’s a show people are watching for the
first time right now. There’s still new pop culture being created, to be clear,
but it has to elbow for room amongst humanity’s vast back catalogue.
And precisely because everything is present,
everything is necessarily judged
against the standards of the present. And this is where every argument about
WOKE CANCEL CULTURE GONE MAD begins, usually before declaring that the problem
is libtards and their insidious PC agenda."
Via Muse, who wrote "Oooh! Insight!"
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
