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As I sat at a Seahawks game earlier this year, I was drawn to a sea of blue...royal blue, which was the same jersey I was wearing. So many of the people wearing these jerseys (including myself) weren't around when the Hawks wore them, so this couldn't be nostalgia.
That thought led me here - this is my first non-sports video since I decided to make a career out of this, so I hope you all enjoy it...appreciate shares and hypes as this is a leap out of the sports lane.
Quick thank you to The Museum of Pop Culture for letting us film! Anyone who hasn't visited, it's awesome and I fully recommend it.
A few of the studies and folks referenced...
- Data for Graphs via "Department of Data" (Washington Post article "America's Best Decade", I tracked down the data sample for further analysis)
- "Far More Americans say they'd like to live in the past than the future"
- Derek Thompson, "Is Pop Culture Worse Than Ever?"
Chapters
00:00 Not "Nostalgia"
00:56 Data Analysis - What Times Were Best?
05:12 The Arts Art Different
09:53 Familiar Fooling
13:54 Old is New
14:40 Ad
15:54 The Present is the Past
18:03 Aura
20:37 Warmth
20:35 Learning
26:20 Anywhere is Everywhere...Except, There
Channel: Michael MacKelvie
Published: 2026-05-29
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMBxeNIUGhM