Nostalgia for 2020 began before the year ended. Vice traced lockdown-nostalgia videos on TikTok to October 2020. By early 2026, another recent past was circulating through the “2026 is the new 2016” …
Analyzing Trends
Nostalgia Has Lost Its Distance
Nostalgia Has Lost Its Distance
People turn recent events into a nostalgic style by editing their songs, images, and objects into throwback videos, even while the original posts are still circulating.
Analyzing Trends
Cultural intelligence from scenarioDNA founders Tim Stock and Marie Lena Tupot, using semiotics, futures research, and AI to analyze cultural change.
Cultural intelligence from scenarioDNA founders Tim Stock and Marie Lena Tupot, using semiotics, futures research, and AI to analyze cultural change.Listen on
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