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"I'm evolving a grand unified theory of culture: a culture is healthiest when most of its favorite stories are either A) brand new or 😎 controlled by no one."
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https://buttondown.com/charliejane/archive/a-grand-unified-theory-of-pop-culture/
@charliejane Logical inference: if you want to help keep your culture healthy, invent entirely new stories rather than re-telling old ones? (And don't get possessive about them.)
@charliejane Really great piece, thanks for this. I also think a lot of your observations could apply to something like religion: really old narratives that have passed through many editors, with a messy accumulation of both good and bad ideas, over which certain groups claim to have authoritative say or control — and ultimately it’s up to each of us to decide which aspects of it to amplify.
@bluejay Yeah that analogy makes a lot of sense to me -- and pop culture does feel like a religion to some folks at least some of the time
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