I am the type of cultural consumer to worry about both the present and the future, while also trying to escape from both. I am fascinated by new technologies and breakthroughs in the sciences, pushing us into the future, while simultaneously taking note of all the contemporary policies and issues that arise each day. however, I cannot end my day without watching two or three hour's worth of YouTube videos, or jamming out to a good music playlist, or getting in a good gaming session with my friends... or all three. I think this type of cultural consumption, where I not only worry about our present and future, but also take time to keep myself happy, could mean I'm multifaceted. Perhaps I have a good balance between myself and the world around me, and between today and tomorrow.
The modern culture is moving so fast and seems to be so conceited and introspective that my form of cultural consumption and my way of living feels out of place. I know very few people who have the same, or even similar, views as I do. Most are concerned with particulars like just the present and just the future, or only politics or only entertainment. I, as far as I can see, have a balance of a couple of different aspects.
So, with everything moving at an exponentially increasing rate, with a mind-numbing amount of new things to understand being created, I want to know where it all came from. How did our society, our culture, our world get to the point it is now? What trends used to exist long ago that no longer to, and why did they stop? How did the ideas and values of old contribute to the creation of the new?
This is what really intrigues me now.
These things are what I would like to know.
