Party like it is 1975
Party like it is 1975 Not all that glitters is worth it. Spaceman Spiff Some people don’t get it. They are not tuned in to how bad it is meant to be. The wars, the defeat, the existential horror of life. The decline of the nation, culture and society. The relentlessly depressing prospects for weather, the economy or relations between the sexes. Bad news sells and we have never had so many channels with which to be told the end is nigh, our own and everyone else’s. A tiny handful aren’t getting the message. Most do get it, however. They are lost in a technology maze from which they cannot escape. Fully plugged in Many are plugged in and enjoying every minute of their programming. Phones and other devices are ubiquitous. People are addicted to their feeds, oblivious to the drives that control them. We often witness compulsive behaviours in public like checking phones for phantom messages or endless scrolling. Only twenty years ago these would have been considered bizarre, certainly...