The Ethos of Cool vs. the Ethos of Chill
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search, not so much for meaning (a concept associated with the ethos of cool), but
feeling.
No doubt innumerable American teens and twentysomethings of all
racial, ethnic, and economic persuasions will object, and rightfully so, that their
lifestyles, values, and aspirations bear little or no resemblance to what I’ve
delineated so far. Equally legitimately, it will be objected that bitter complaints
against rebellious, disrespectful youth have been registered since ancient times
(vide Socrates