{"id":165699,"date":"2025-12-25T09:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165699"},"modified":"2025-12-25T16:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:29:18","slug":"how-status-closure-created-the-lost-generation-12-25-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165699","title":{"rendered":"How Status Closure Created The Lost Generation (12-25-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZjgoXUoh2o?si=2JJPQxoiB95pccsc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Status Closure and The Lost Generation, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165638\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165638<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 03:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"180\">03:00<\/a> The Vanishing White Male Writer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2OpzLRWPsXg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2OpzLRWPsXg<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 28:40\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1720\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1720\">28:40<\/a> People Do Best When They Know What They Are For, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZKL-duqb8uo\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZKL-duqb8uo<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:33:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5610\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5610\">1:33:30<\/a> Boy Erased, <a 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