Related: – Mark Fisher: The Slow Cancellation Of The Future https://youtu.be/aCgkLICTskQ https://youtu.be/aCgkLICTskQ - Ted Gioia: Society Without a Countercu

Related: – Mark Fisher: The Slow Cancellation Of The Future https://youtu.be/aCgkLICTskQ https://youtu.be/aCgkLICTskQ - Ted Gioia: Society Without a Counterculture https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/14-warning-signs-that-you-are-living?utm_source=%2Fprofile%2F4937458-ted-gioia&utm_medium=reader2 https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/14-warning-signs-that-you-ar... I don't know whose, if anyone's, explanation, I believe. The phenomenon (of cultural stagnation) is real, though. This Gucci 'homage' to Stanley Kubrick struck me as an excellent example of the problem: https://youtu.be/pk1oThKRxdo https://youtu.be/pk1oThKRxdo It's not just that it cribs from the past, but the cynicism: an ad that inserts some giddy fashion model into Clockwork Orange, and saps the scene of its irony. Kubrick pulled that film from the UK market after release for fear it had inspired a rape and a murder. An 'homage' doesn't turn a cautionary tale into an aspirational commercial.