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.Yet nobody would ever refer to Back to the Future as an “oldie,” even if he or she were born in the 1990s.What seems to be happening is a dramatic increase in cultural memory: As culture accelerates, the distance between historical events feels smaller.The gap between 2010 and 2000 will seem far smaller than the gap between 1980 and 1970, which already seemed far smaller than the gap between 1950 and 1940.This, I suppose, is society’s own version of time travel (assuming the trend continues for eternity).4.This is too difficult to explain in a footnote, but one of Carruth’s strengths as a fake science writer is how he deals with the geography of time travel, an issue most writers never even consider.Here, in short, is the problem: If you could instantly travel one hour back in time, you would (theoretically) rematerialize in the exact same place from which you left.That’s how the machine works in the original Time Machine.However, the world would have rotated 15 degrees during that missing hour, so you would actually rematerialize in a totally different spot on the globe.Primer manages to work around this problem, although I honestly don’t understand the solution as much as I see the dilemma.5.I realize Planet of the Apes isn’t technically about time travel.Time moves at its normal rate while the humans are in suspended animation.But for the purposes of the fictional people involved, there is no difference: They leave from and return to the same geographic country.The only difference is the calendar.About Chuck KlostermanPhoto Credit:To learn more about Chuck Klosterman, visit authors.simonandschuster.com/Chuck-KlostermanSign up for Chuck Klosterman e-mail alerts and be the first to find out about the latest books, tour events, and more.Other websites:Chuck Klosterman Wikipedia Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Klosterman)More eBooks by Chuck KlostermanEating the Dinosaur by Chuck KlostermanAn exploration of pop culture and sports that takes a Klostermaniacal look at expections, reality, media, and fans.Downtown Owl by Chuck KlostermanDowntown Owl is an engaging, darkly comedic portrait of small-town life that conveys the power of local mythology and the experience of rural America.Fargo Rock City by Chuck KlostermanChuck Klosterman’s hilarious memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead in Wyndmere, North Dakota (population: 498).Chuck Klosterman IV by Chuck KlostermanChuck Klosterman’s collection of things that are true, things that might be true, and something that isn’t true at all.Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck KlostermanA 6,557-mile roadtrip meditation on rock ‘n’ roll, death, girlfriends, and nostalgia for the recent past.Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck KlostermanA collection of essays, ostensibly about art, entertainment, infotainment, sports, politics, and kittens, but—really—it’s about us.All of us [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]