Making predictions is always hard. Especially about the future.
But here's one that's relatively safe. Venerable old museums will be
around much longer than most of today's hot new nightlife...
Scan
the city and its delights for proof. There's always buzz about the new
clubs, restaurants, theatres and night spots; and yet, a year later most
are gone from the "recommended" lists. Why? It's safe to argue: What's
new travels on a fast and slippery slope, what's past holds steady in
place.
While it's true human nature itches for what's novel and
different, it usually scratches for what's sure and proven. Perhaps this
is one of the reasons we never tire of gathering around the tribal
fires to hear [or now watch on everything from podcasts to IMax] the
endless narratives of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome; Alexander, Caesar,
Elizabeth; Robert E Lee, Jesse James, George Custer; the Roaring
Twenties, the Greatest Generation, the Sixties.
The past is
fixed...it's safe...it's retrievable...what's more we can re-live it
however we wish. When you think about it, our great museums ought to
raise their prices while our new hot spots ought to lower theirs. After
all, that first group is sorta like an old friend you can always go to.
The second is more like a new lover you can never quite count on.
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