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Since the 1960s, mainstream media has searched out and co-opted the most authentic things it could find in youth culture, whether that was psychedelic culture, anti-war culture, blue jeans culture. Eventually heavy metal culture, rap culture, electronica - they'll look for it and then market it back to kids at the mall.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Anti-War Authentic Back Blue Blue Jeans Could Culture Eventually Find Heavy Heavy Metal Jeans Kids Look Mainstream Mainstream Media Mall Market Media Metal Most Out Psychedelic Rap Since Then Things Whether Youth Youth Culture 1960S

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As popular culture becomes more presentist, we move away from entertainment as the vicarious experience of a narrative - as watching someone else's story - and much more toward enacting one's own story. Moving away from myths and toward fantasy role-playing games, away from movies and toward videogames.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Away Becomes Culture Else Entertainment Experience Fantasy Games More Move Movies Moving Moving Away Much Myths Narrative Own Popular Popular Culture Someone Story Toward Videogames Watching

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Once a teen has been identified as part of the 'target market,' he knows he's done for. The object of the game is to confound the marketers, and keep one's own, authentic culture from showing up at the shopping mall as a prepackaged corporate product.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Authentic Been Confound Corporate Culture Done Game He Identified Keep Knows Mall Market Marketers Object Once Own Part Product Shopping Showing Showing Up Target Teen Up

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When digital culture first came along, it was supposed to create more time, by allowing us to shift time around. Somehow instead we've strapped devices to ourselves that ping us all the time.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Allowing Along Around Came Create Culture Devices Digital First Instead More Ourselves Shift Somehow Supposed Time Us

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If you just hold your cell phone for 30 seconds and think backwards through its production, you have the entire techno-industrial culture wrapped up there. You can't have that device without everything that goes with it.

~Douglas Tompkins

Topics: Backwards Cell Cell Phone Culture Device Entire Everything Goes Hold Just Phone Production Seconds Think Through Up Without Wrapped You Your

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I fell in love with '50s hot-rod, pinup-girl culture.

~Drake Bell

Topics: Culture Fell Love

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Although I was born in Idaho and now live in New York, I definitely identify with the European aesthetic. Paris is my mecca; it's where I discovered my flair for fashion. But I pay rent and work in New York, so that is my home - I love the culture clash of the city.

~Dree Hemingway

Topics: Aesthetic Although Born City Clash Culture Definitely Discovered European Fashion Flair Home Idaho Identify Live Love Mecca New New York Now Paris Pay Rent Where Work York I Love I Was Born

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The Madden NFL franchise holds a special place in popular culture and the cover is a coveted position for players all over the league. I'm honored to be the first cover athlete chosen by Madden NFL fans and it's a great way to cap off an amazing year for the Saints and the city of New Orleans.

~Drew Brees

Topics: Amazing Athlete Be The First Cap Chosen City Cover Culture Fans First Franchise Great Great Way Holds Honored League Madden New New Orleans Off Orleans Over Place Players Popular Popular Culture Position Saints Special Special Place Way Year Nfl

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I'm always going to use music, use culture as a tool to engage people to have this dialog, to enable others. That's very important.

~Du Yun

Topics: Always Culture Dialog Enable Engage Going Important Music Others People Tool Use Very

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In the Middle Eastern culture, it is looked upon with very high regard to get the best deal possible, no matter what it takes, and that includes lying.

~Duncan D. Hunter

Topics: Best Culture Deal Eastern Get High Looked Lying Matter Middle Middle Eastern Possible Regard Takes Very

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