Terminal Wanderlust:
A condition common to people of transient middle-class
upbringings. Unable to feel rooted in any one environment, they move
continually in the hopes of finding an idealized sense of community in
the next location.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
A condition common to people of transient middle-class
upbringings. Unable to feel rooted in any one environment, they move
continually in the hopes of finding an idealized sense of community in
the next location.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Air Family:
Describes the false sense of community experienced among
coworkers in an office environment
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Virgin Runway:
A travel destination chosen in the hopes that no one else has
chosen it
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Mental Ground Zero:
The location where one visualizes oneself during the dropping
of the atomic bomb
frequently, a shopping mall. -- Douglas Coupland,... - The love of meat prevents any real change.
-- Douglas Coupland
Generation... - Diseases for Kisses (Hyperkarma):
A deeply rooted belief that punishment will somehow always be
far greater than the crime
ozone holes for littering. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Brazilification:
The widening gulf between the rich and poor and the
accompanying disappearance of the middle classes
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Legislated Nostalgia:
To force a body of people to have memories they do not
actually possess
How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I... - Cafe Minimalism:
To espouse a philosophy of minimalism without actually putting
into practice any of its tenets
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Ozmosis:
The inability of one's job to live up to one's self-image
Douglas Coupland, Generation...
