In the latest episode of Hyperlegible, Packy explains the thought process that goes into selecting guests for the show, which essentially depends on whether he likes an essay that the potential guest has written and whether he would like to know more about the person behind it.
The episode’s guest is Mike Solana, the founder and editor-in-chief of Pirate Wires, a publication that Packy reads every morning and appreciates for its sleek narrative style.
Solana recently wrote an essay titled Golden Age, which Packy loved because it intersects with his interests in urban engineering and optimism about America.
The central argument of the essay is that Disney World serves as a viable blueprint for so-called “charter cities,” which are primarily intended to emulate Disney’s success in combining consumerism with technologically driven convenience.
Solana makes a compelling case for Disney’s Golden Age as a transformative movement that hinges on society’s collective willingness to embrace a “moral inversion,” , which he defines as society’s willingness to tolerate aspects of a culture or system that it would previously have rejected.