Archetypes
The problem remains: we are still producing an unbearable volume of information; we still need some way to sort through it. The regime of the hipster was an inefficient way of sorting it; it died. The regime of the nerd was an overefficient way of sorting it; it is dying. The last remaining option is mal d’archive , the Kang solution: you ease the ... See more
Sam Kriss • All the Nerds Are Dead - By Sam Kriss - Numb at the Lodge
We need our archetypes, because without them life turns into a farm scene painted by an incompetent child, where you can't tell which animal is which and we're all just brown blobs which barely stand out from a background of indeterminate grey.
Michael Marshall Smith • One of Us
In politics, the Orphan stage is the time we begin to develop the capacity to identify with the oppressed and seek solutions in unified, populist actions. It is also the time we are most suspicious of people in any kind of position of power or authority.