Purchase University

Thought our grandparents who, at this stage, we alimentariamos pills of colors, we would travel to the moon on ferries and New York through a tunnel under the Atlantic. Instead of that, we have elevated gluttony to art, technology is Pocket and helps us to connect with our friends, and we follow not only flying to New York on aircraft, but that we have recovered the tram. We also listen to the music of our ancestors, wear his clothes and when we buy an amplifier for the iPhone we are with one aspect of radio of the fifties. One of the reasons given to explain our current obsession with the past is that this makes us feel safe. I do not agree, intervenes Elizabeth Guffey, teacher from Purchase University and author of the book Retro: The culture of revival.

I would say that the past helps us to make sense of things that go too fast. Futurism which has dominated much of the popular culture of the 20th century has died. If we think will like the world here to hundred years, most of us we are left blank. But if you asked what our grandparents, you spoke without hesitation of flying cars, vacations on the moon. Source of the news:: recycling and nostalgia take over everything.