Watched a short version of Apollo doc in a packed giant IMAX theater today. My dad remarked he couldn’t remember where he was on 7/20/69 or if he watched the grainy TV footage. Even as technology pushes the past back at accelerating rate,it deepens+strengthens nostalgia’s powerhttps://twitter.com/toad_spotted/status/1149135668456710144 …
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We’re constantly told not to revere the past, even as the past becomes ever more available as object of nostalgia. The (temporary) resolution is ersatz nostalgia like Stranger Things or MadMen or GoT, that combine reactionary aesthetics with 2010s morals.https://spottedtoad.wordpress.com/2016/09/29/stranger-caves/ …
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Aldo consider the wokeness + 1980s nostalgia in Ready Player One, set in the 2040s....
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