Matthew B. Crawford Quotes
...our Low Regard For Nostalgia Often Seems Not To Rest On Some Substantive Standard Of Excellence, In Light Of Which A Preference For The Past Is Seen As Missing The Mark, But Rather Expresses Idolatry Of The Present. This Kind Of "forward-thinking" Is At Bottom An Apologetic Species Of Conservatism, As It Defers To And Celebrates Whatever Is Currently Ascendant.
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