Where Is the Counter-Culture? On the Rise of the Critic Class | VISIONS @ MoMA Session 2
One major benefit of subcultures is that they open up necessary space when the mainstream becomes too crowded. Now, thanks to the internet, everything is supposedly a subculture—the mainstream has supposedly broken into a thousand fragments. One would assume this creates more room for everyone to spread out, literally and figuratively, but even
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iPhone Face, The Personal Style Crisis, & The Digital Divide
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New pod: The rise of "dopamine culture" and the decline of pop culture in America
First, I discuss the Ted Gioa's argument that pop culture is being turned into a virtual casino of the mind that is better at producing reward-seeking behavior than quality art.
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The Internet Didn’t Kill Counterculture—you Just Won’t Find It on Instagram
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The decline of authentic internet subcultures due to excessive technological scale and the need for friction for new scenes.
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But it seemed like the internet was this place where like real subcultures could kind of spring from nowhere or you could find a subculture that worked for you. And it was sort of like this beautiful secret that you had with strangers. Yeah, yeah. Niche at scale in a way. Yeah, yeah. And now that doesn't exist online, right? All that exists- Or
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