The Authenticity

In his latest book, The Authenticity Hoax, Andrew Potter describes the search for authentic products and experiences as a romantic rebellion against a cold and complex modernity. But authenticity is not just a consumer trend. According to Potter many political statements from Al Gore s Earth in Balance to the terrorist Unabomber s Manifesto are also nostalgic protests against a civilization that has run wild. They apply a surprisingly similar rhetoric try this quiz and guess who said what. In this v