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The Olympics felt more washed this year

Like a grand tradition that doesn’t quite live up to its past years’ glory

Thinking it might be correlated with the general breakdown of the current world order, and may be yet another signal of a rearrangement to come

Is it just me, or anyone else feel this vibe?

Indeed, but I think it is attributable to our generally fragmenting attention economy. The Olympics was most meaningful when it was a collective event that we were all focused on together. When I was a kid that was the case. I remember sitting in rapt attention with not just my family but the whole neighborhood watching 100M sprints and other events. 

Now I would say a majority of people I know are paying little to know attention to the Olympics and are focused on a dozen other smaller things. The grandeur is clearly seeping away with each generation. The old world is dying and the new is still struggling to be born.

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I moved to Atlanta in 1995 and the next year we hosted the Olympics.

Obviously, it was all the rage when it was in town and it was very special to go to events. Not many can say they’ve actually attended the Olympics. 

I was even at Centennial Olympic Park (still called that, btw) the night before the bombing. Wild that happened, as well.

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I’ve been to Centennial park, stood at a hotel around the corner to attend a convention center conference some time ago .. most fun we had was by the buckhead area 👌🏽