14 Warning Signs That You Are Living in a Society Without a Counterculture
Ted Gioiahonest-broker.com
14 Warning Signs That You Are Living in a Society Without a Counterculture
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For those growing into adulthood during most of the twentieth century, therefore, the backdrop to life was the loss of faith in coherent systems of thought and morality. Sophisticated people knew they were supposed to rebel against authority, reject old certainties, and liberate themselves from hidebound customs and prejudices. Artists rebelled aga... See more
David Brooks • The Organization Kid
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all of today’s so-called subcultures are being routed along the same paths, like a Waze-induced traffic jam clogging the streets of a quiet subdivision
Drew Austin • The Culture of Cope
Keely Adler added
Rather than prestige, this cultural moment is dominated by metrics, as George S. Trow predicted in a 1980 New Yorker essay called “Within the context of no context”:
“That movement... from wonder that a country should be so big, to the wonder that a building could be so big, to the last, small wonder, that a marketplace could be so big—that was the... See more
The prestige recession
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what if our distress is a perfectly normal response to a society that’s lost its way? What if unfettered capitalism is making us sick?
Devon Frye • Is Capitalism Making Us Sick?
Keely Adler added
Lack of context is often a serious problem on Twitter and other forms of social media, as they may deliberately truncate context. In some parts of our culture, context is growing more scarce. “When I’m Sixty-Four” makes much more sense on Sgt. Pepper than it does on Spotify.