We Are Losers
Our societies are very interested in winners but don’t really know what to do about losers – of which there are always, by definition, a far greater number.
Alain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
DJ Scruggs added
There may be things that cultural creators and media figures like myself might be able to do to help this “expectations reset” along. Perhaps we should emphasize grit and struggle instead of talking so much about wealth and personal fulfillment.
Noah Smith • The Elite Overproduction Hypothesis
Stuart Evans added
It’s the millennial way: If the system is rigged against you, just try harder.
Anne Helen Petersen • Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
Our moment is a war of competing myths.
The future belongs to those who write it — as always — for better or worse.
The future belongs to those who write it — as always — for better or worse.
Matt Klein • Making Sense of Culture Amidst Contradiction
Agalia Tan added
The latest in a long line of belief systems that encourage people to see a lack of society-defined ‘success’ as the result of personal failure.
Phoebe Lovatt • Good Vibes Only™
Keely Adler added
“More and more young, intellectually inclined, and politically heterodox thinkers are showing disillusionment with the contemporary faith in technocracy and personal autonomy. They see this combination as having contributed to the fundamentally alienating character of modern Western life. The chipper, distinctly liberal optimism of rationalist cult... See more
Zach Lamb • The Noetic Future of Culture and Brands
And here’s the hard part. You can’t just decide fuck individualism, I’m blowing it up . You have to replace it with a better, more equitable story of who we are as a country and how we organize our society. Which, for a lot of people, would mean giving up a modicum of power. Liberal white people can loathe the effects of individualism and still ben... See more
The Dark Heart of Individualism
Natalie Audelo added