Chuck Klosterman: “But What If We’re Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past.”

  • Hana Oktavia Anandira

Perceiving the “now” through the future’s lens is undoubtedly a tricky, if not impossible, task. Yet, American pop culture essayist Chuck Klosterman attempts to leave no trending (and some, outdated) inventions and sociocultural affairs unchallenged. From gravity to literature, cinema to ideology, modern society has surely got some things right. But what if we’re wrong?

This article was originally published in Res Publica Politics, 20th July 2021.