Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
30y on I think the most iconic 90s show is X-files Not Seinfeld, Simpsons, or anything else. The show captured the pre-internet information environment with uncanny precision.
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
You can imagine the other shows being transposed in relatively straightforward ways to 2025. X-files would take very deep surgery to transpose.
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cyrus
@cyrus
actually feels like the x-files would be the easiest to port? appetite for strange, alien and paranormal theories is probably close to ATH meanwhile seinfeld is kinda lost in time, and the simpsons has lost against time
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Yes but the world has gotten too transparent and information too ubiquitous for the vibe of foggy mystery and secrets to work
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