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There is no magic bullet. Also, nostalgia is brain rot. This article fails to understand that all groups have a life cycle. Clay Shirky's essay is the canonica
by davidgerard 11y ago
There is no magic bullet. Also, nostalgia is brain rot.
This article fails to understand that all groups have a life cycle. Clay Shirky's essay is the canonical explanation:
http://www.shirky.com/writings/herecomeseverybody/group_enemy.html http://www.shirky.com/writings/herecomeseverybody/group_enem...
Nostalgia in online discussion groups suffers the same problem: you can't go home again, because you're not your previous self any more. http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2014/06/03/internet-fundamentalism-doesnt-actually-work/ http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2014/06/03/internet-fundament...