Nostalgia isn’t about pining for the past. It’s about detoxing from a present that feels too synthetic, intrusive, performative, and fake. From flip phones and vinyl to social media fatigue and dating-app burnout, iPINIONS argues that the past is calling because the future got too creepy.
Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nostalgia-is-having-a-moment
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