POCKET PARADIGMS: Changing things

Sam Smith - Even when you can't change things you can change your attitude towards them. For example, we tend to think of the 1950s as a time of unmitigated conformity, but in many ways the decade of the 60s was merely the mass movement of ideas that took root in the 50s.The 50s were the warmup band for the 60s - because in beat culture, jazz, and the civil rights movement there had already been a stunning critique of, and rebellion against, the American establishment.