Your argument relies on flogging a concept - “hippies”- that seems like an anachronism. Since it reached its zenith almost 60 years ago you should provide an update so readers have some idea who you’re actually on about. Most of the original bunch timed-out one way or another long ago. But certain trivial figments have persisted and colo…
Your argument relies on flogging a concept - “hippies”- that seems like an anachronism. Since it reached its zenith almost 60 years ago you should provide an update so readers have some idea who you’re actually on about. Most of the original bunch timed-out one way or another long ago. But certain trivial figments have persisted and colored thinking about the identity of this mysterious group. I bring it up because, like Ted Gioia, I was a bit too young to participate in the first wave but remember when it was big news. My conservative parents were definitely not interested. But many years later a guy informed me that my 2003 VW camper van was a hippie ride. That it bore no resemblance to the old 60s-70s VW vans apparently made no difference to his judgment call. It was VW van, so therefore it qualified. But I think the clincher was the California license plate - incriminating evidence from a state with 35,000,000 people.
Your argument relies on flogging a concept - “hippies”- that seems like an anachronism. Since it reached its zenith almost 60 years ago you should provide an update so readers have some idea who you’re actually on about. Most of the original bunch timed-out one way or another long ago. But certain trivial figments have persisted and colored thinking about the identity of this mysterious group. I bring it up because, like Ted Gioia, I was a bit too young to participate in the first wave but remember when it was big news. My conservative parents were definitely not interested. But many years later a guy informed me that my 2003 VW camper van was a hippie ride. That it bore no resemblance to the old 60s-70s VW vans apparently made no difference to his judgment call. It was VW van, so therefore it qualified. But I think the clincher was the California license plate - incriminating evidence from a state with 35,000,000 people.