A quote from A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
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A quote from A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
important writing finds a way to accurately represent life, and that the writing that does so will consciously intermingle with the meaningful culture of the time (impermanent though it may be).
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
“What more easily explained and natural? With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word ‘intellectual,’ of course, became the swear word it deserved to be. You always dread the unfamiliar. Surely you remember the b
... See moreRay Bradbury • Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
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
then how have irony, irreverence, and rebellion come to be not liberating but enfeebling in the culture today's avant-garde tries to write about? One clue's to be found in the fact that irony is still around, bigger than ever after thirty long years as the dominant mode of hip expression. It's not a mode that wears especially well. As Hyde puts it,
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But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Chuck Klosterman • 2 highlights
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many of the ideals coveted by the modern world may well be social constructs and worth rebelling against. We may even find some sympathy with Gen-Zs in this sense; the society that they inhabit has long sealed off the realm of forms, leaving only the artificial ideals of the world in its place.