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Ross Douthat on Decadence and Dynamism
Conversations with Tyler
Is the Moon Landing a Mistake?
After the moon landing we weren't sure what to do for an encore, however glorious it may have been. The settlement of nevada is maybe the last great blow against decadence. But i think you can see las vegas and the eephone are more focused on simulation and entertainment then the steamship and the railway and the space shuttle were. I borrow this concept of the the technological sublime from david nye,. and before him, perry miller, a couple of great american historians. Hi idea that American history is sort of punctuated by these moments of some technological break through that's also a kind of wonder of the world.
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