Andrew Burleson (@burlesona): "@Addison Del Mastro re: NIMBY as nostalgia and my comment on institutions. People have an innate need for continuity, but we’ve made our physical world so atomized and ephemeral, that people cling to the status quo and lament the passing of mundane businesses that “aren’t even t…"

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Addison Del Mastro re: NIMBY as nostalgia and my comment on institutions. People have an innate need for continuity, but we’ve made our physical world so atomized and ephemeral, that people cling to the status quo and lament the passing of mundane businesses that “aren’t even that great,” because it’s all we have.

The simple summary of the last fifteen years of my work—ten focused on destitution in the U.S., five on walking the world—is that everyone needs to feel a valued member of something larger than themselves, hopefully something that is more than the material and will continue on after their death.

Chris Arnade

Feb 28

7:02 PM

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