ADV 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Melting Pot, Energy Crisis
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More a creative theme: creativity is in the margins not/then mainstream (like hip hop). Big in new world because it was a blank sheet, is as such now part of our culture. Land of opportunity, recreate yourself-- we are a socially fluid society more than most others despite financial gap) like alexander hamilton/the great gatsby (why it"s still the great american novel: self-invention is fundamental here) Culture of being internet famous even just with a hobby. Abundance vs scarcity: started as whole new land stuff, now we have wheat and oil and rivers etc turns into wealthy cities. Energy crisis of the 70s, gas crisis esp with muscle cars in late 60s (economy shut down, lost pride of going to moon etc, interest skyrocketed, culture changed) Late 70s (^ that, plus watergate, plus jobs, plus tech boom with nerds, hip hop, etc) was a huge creative boom still affecting today.