The Death of Cool
For America and perhaps for much of the rest of the world, the Millennial Crisis is already underway. And the culminating Ekpyrosis will soon begin. What can we expect?
Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
If the societal remedies inspired by a degraded discourse of doom leave much to be desired, then the individual actions prescribed by this degraded discourse only generate further discontent. If your city truly is doomed, then amidst heightened pessimism about governmental efficacy, exit seems the only logical choice. During the pandemic, the media... See more
John D. Zhang • Tales of the City
The question is: When the gears of society start moving again, will we carry the wisdom of this stillness forward? I hope so. Out the other side, back onto those transatlantic and transpacific flights, pressed against one another on our daily subway commutes, schedules full of dinner parties, brunch dates, weddings, funerals, brit milahs, concerts,... See more