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This week on The Deep Dive: The answer isn’t a cabin in the woods but that doesn’t mean you don’t need time alone, how dupe culture became cool and then got out of hand, Saltburn doesn’t make sense but hey at least it's pretty, Hannah Montana did its part in teaching us how to be little capitalists, and Twilight might say more about you than you realize (or would like to admit).

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TECHNOLOGY

Birds Do Not Sing in Caves by Horses (24:52)

If you’re struggling with the feeling that we’re losing our collective sense of humanity, that’s not coming from nowhere. In this video, Horses discusses the ways technological progress and metropolitan life have disconnected us from what makes us truly human. Does that mean we should leave it all behind, abandon the system in its entirety, and run away forever? No, not to mention that prospect is virtually impossible for most people. Don’t get me wrong, technology is great and not to point out the obvious, but it is the reason we’re even able to watch this video. But it also tends to pull us away from reality and turn our very existence into a resource. How do we break the cycle of progress that needs some people and leaves others behind?

FASHION

the obsession with dupes, fakes, and counterfeits by Mina Le (32:38)

How did dupes and fake designer items go from being considered shameful to own to a point of pride among young people on social media? In a culture that places such high value on consumption, the transition actually seems pretty inevitable in hindsight. In this video, Mina Le analyzes the history of designer fakes and how copies became cool. It also doesn’t help that today’s fast fashion landscape has essentially hit fast-forward on the phenomenon that inspired Meryl Streep’s cerulean sweater monologue. And while Matilda Djerf may feel like the obvious villain in her pajama fiasco last year, this is a heads-up that Mina has a slightly different take than the one you might have heard all over TikTok – full disclosure: I still can’t decide how I feel about it.

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