Evolution is not optional. You might choose to disembark from the progress train, but that train is going to continue its journey, with or without you.
Now, admittedly, I am not the best person to deliver this not-very-surprising news. The most-listened-to album on my iPhone was released 43 years ago. I firmly believe that men dressed best in the 1930s and 40s, that the 1970s largely gave us the best music, and that the 1980s was the greatest decade of all time.
It has been a very long time since I discovered a meaningful new band; even longer since I discovered one that didn’t just remind me of something from my youth. I am not someone who stays on top of what’s “trending.” I don’t know who half the new celebrities are. And when I hear someone mention TikTok, my instinct is to reach for a wristwatch.
But I’m also not stubborn enough or delusional enough to believe that my preferences freeze time. I’m willing to accept that Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are the sound of today. They’re not for me, and they were never supposed to be. And just because I find them both bland, vanilla, and far too safe and corporate for my tastes, I don’t resent their existence.
I don’t have to like everything new. But I do have to acknowledge it. That’s the price of living in the present.
All of which brings us to the subject of demolition and construction equipment. More specifically, it brings us to the issue of people dismissing the new in favour of the tried and tested.
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