Tag: culture
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The Coin and the App
A hallmark of our age has been the death of ritual. We’ve silently traded ritual for speed. At first glance it seems we’ve made things more efficient, yet further examination suggests the opposite.
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Cultivating Personal Responsibility in the Digital Age
Those deprived of economic or social means to exercise control over their lives often turn to the cybersphere—a less restricted, less inhibited environment—to express the cruelty of their undeveloped selfhood. This is regrettable, because the same freedom from obligations and immediate consequences could have served as a vital space to cultivate the self and discover…
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Future of The Social Animal
Something is breaking in how we relate to one another. People feel it. Some notice it through failed dating attempts, others through friendships that have quietly withered, and many through the silent weight of loneliness. I call it a socialisation crisis, not just a loneliness epidemic. Loneliness is only a symptom. Socialisation is more than…
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non-emergent adulthood
While more comfort may sound appealing on paper, it often comes at the cost of liberty. The more we trade freedom for comfort, the more we regress. And like life, regression also has one ultimate destination: childhood. As wary as we are of authoritarian leaders, we should be just as wary of the nanny state.…
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Big Things Are Over
We now have an outdated, bizarre group (class, if you will), whom I call the dotcom millennials—well-traveled bilinguals who feel globally integrated yet locally isolated. While their time is long gone, the core idea lingers.
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Ascent of the Sidekick
The Hero’s Journey starts with a call, whether a desire or a conflict—a call for transformation. One of my favorites is Homer’s absolute epic banger, ‘The Odyssey.’ The story follows the King of Ithaca, Odysseus, on his journey back home. Convincing gods, fighting monsters, and still arriving on time before someone else weds your wife…
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Trauma Cult(ure)
Today’s culture is grief averse. It is a natural result of pace incompatibility. Life is fast, grief is slow. Information travels instantly, emotions take time. We also lost ritualistic practices and mourning as a group which adds to the tension we feel. When we allow ourselves to suffer for a trauma we are allowing ourselves…
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When the American white middle class is mentioned, what I picture is a family from the 50s. Particularly because the 50s were the years the middle class boomed economically and marketing really became a thing. Essentially, the middle class is, the face of semi-modern family structure (with variations) and purchasing power. With the increasing purchasing…
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