Recognizing Stagnation by Karl Schroeder “But how is it possible to feel nostalgia for things that do not yet exist? “The answer is that this is no longer a new future. It’s an old future, one we grew up with and we don’t question any more than we question the other conventional beliefs and cultural practices of our lives.” + Nostalgic for the New by James “We are nostalgic for the notion or the idea of the newness. It was something that generations have taken for granted. It was expected that there would be new ideas, new technologies, and also new pieces of media.” + memory is a contest by Aidan Walker “Memory is a contest. It is not a mechanistic psychological process of our brains, but a set of social dynamics which we negotiate together, structured by language, money, power, and technology.” + idle gaze 076: archive-futurism by Alexi Gunner “In a cultural landscape that trades on novelty, sifting through the archives is a quietly radical act. It’s not about seeking comfort in the…
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