#and no society has ever shared 100% of the same cultural touchstones
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i just get scared that media is pushing us to have less in common and eventually we'll all sit on these hyperindividualized little islands of loneliness and isolation
#i was thinking about how my parents told me about this local cable access show that was on in their area when they were growing up#and they had such a fondness for the host and the subject#and it was this cute little shared nostalgia moment when they told me about it#and i feel like i could talk to a lot of americans my age and we could talk about bill nye or steve irwin#or zoboomafoo! and remember that those shows helped us think science was cool#i know that's nowhere close to a universal experience#don't get me wrong#but it's kind of nice to feel that commonality#there's just so much out there now (which in many ways is amazing!)#and i worry it will widen existing gaps of understanding#yknow maybe one kid watches science videos on youtube and one on cable and one on disney#so they may be able to connect over the shared knowledge but not the delivery or the people#and no society has ever shared 100% of the same cultural touchstones#but i worry that it's declining and soon there will be 0% shared
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