3_TRENDS_Vol.19: Dylan Viner: Nihilistic Hedonism, Confused Narcissism + Future's Nostalgia

In a sense, this is another manifestation of “Power to the People.” While often viewed through the lens of socio-political or -economic strife, this flock toward the excessive and extravagant is a push against another type of commercialized institutionalism:  wellness .

From seductive night luxe, to innocent kidcore, it’s as

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Just as every decade can be defined by a fashion or musical style, looking back at our 2020s from the future, what will we yearn for?

Is there anything to iterate upon if our moment is already defined by prior generations’ sensibilities?

When Zuck famously — and  wrongly  — declared: “Having two identities for yourself is a lack of integrity” we got locked into a single static account, desperate for dynamism and more nuanced expr ession.

Our innate desire for personality multiplicity thrashed against the restrictions of claustrophobic profiles.