Change & Nostalgia
There is a beautiful and melancholic word I like called anemoia. It means nostalgia for a time or a place one has never known.
This is a sentiment I often sense from my generation, Gen Z—especially in recent years. I see it in the YouTube videos of old concerts that get millions of views. I see it in our fascination with polaroids, vinyls, vintage cameras, and VHS tapes. And I see it in our reaction to gut-wrenching videos about how life has changed.
“15 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”
— Noah Smith
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“The great miracle is that we understand each other at all.”
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