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tinkelenberglast Saturday at 11:12 PM1 replyview on HN

A lot of what appeals to people about the past isn’t so much about returning to a golden age but recapturing authenticity. We rarely get the real thing nowadays.


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pixl97last Saturday at 11:53 PM

>We rarely get the real thing nowadays.

I'd say it a bit different....

We can't afford it, or at least don't want to pay for it. And quite often, attempting to give a significant fraction of the 9 billionish people on earth something authentic of the past would be an ecological disaster.

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