Alex Burns
@alexgraceburns
Alex Burns
Yes, this is 2024, where life increasingly feels like a huge in-joke that started on the internet. Once upon a time we had subcultures: punks and goths, hippies and emos. Now we have Gen Z’s perceptive trendspotters pinpointing a style or a mood that is sweeping the zeitgeist, coining a label for it — often with the suffix “-core” — and sharing it... See more
Phoebe Luckhurst • From brat summer to hot rodent men: why Gen Z love a label
The Medieval Sect That Inspired the Video Game 'Assassin's Creed'
smithsonianmag.com
the internet’s sprawling databases, real-time social-media networks, and globe-spanning e-commerce platforms have made almost everything immediately searchable, knowable, or purchasable—curbing the social value of sharing new things. Cultural arbitrage now happens so frequently and rapidly as to be nearly undetectable, usually with no extraordinary... See more
W. David Marx • The Diminishing Returns of Having Good Taste
this is why it’s so important to be able to connect disparate ideas
It doesn’t matter how much we summarize, at some point, effort is required. More summaries won’t automatically lead to more understanding.