The Glorious Return of ADVICE TIME
Nostalgia is a cultural response to change.
The nostalgia machine
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Then it occurred to me: I could write a special essay every month and simply mail it to dues-paying members as a letter. It just clicked: We’re readers, we’re writers, we’re a new breed of independent scholars bootstrapping a new republic of letters... I should just write you... letters, to bring everyone off the computer screen regularly, to share... See more
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Nostalgia is a form of reconciliation: not just of who we were with who we are, but with the idea that either of those questions has a settled answer. It helps us believe we might be more than just this longing
David Berry’s On Nostalgia (2020)
And I do think there’s something there in — I miss curators. There are a couple newsletters that have a curatorial function now for me. But it’s hard to find a human being exposing you to their taste. And it’s something I really appreciate now when I find it. What I like about the internet is connecting with actual human beings.