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A few days back the internet was broken by Elon musk once again by the launch of his Cybertruck. Unlike the Falcon X or Roadster in Space events, a few years back, Cybertruck became a meme bait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criticism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many criticized it for the sharp edges and lack of aesthetics. Even the popular car vlogger Supercar blondie gave a thumbs down and called it the pyramid car or flintstones car and whatnot.<\/a> There is a lot of criticism about the functionality as well, in this video<\/a>. Some even say it\u2019s a copy from the Keanu Reeves starrer popular video game, Cyberpunk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if you guys remember, not so many years back when Elon Musk sent a sportscar into space for no reason <\/strong>and it was cool<\/em> and radical<\/em>. The internet saw that as a message symbolic <\/em>of the human spirit to explore space. \u201cRoadster in space\u201d didn\u2019t get much criticism because the images of a red car with the background of blue Earth was no less than a sighting of SUPERMAN in sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cybertruck seems to be only a victim of mismatch of people\u2019s perception about aesthetics and Musk\u2019s fantasy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the internet is arguing about FORM and FUNCTION, we believe Elon Musk is doing this for FUN.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Following are our thoughts on what Cybertruck represents and possibly why is important to let Cybertruck be Cybertruck<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Futurism & Retrofuturism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Futurism<\/a> was a social and artistic movement that defined the times when Elon Musk grew up. It was somewhere in the late 70s and early 80s when Global Warming was just a Hoax, Plastic pollution did not bother us and even animal extinction was not due to human beings and anything which was metallic, mechanical or even post-apocalyptic was considered cool and trendy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the future unfolded, a lot of environmental concerns started to cloud the human consciousness which eventually impacted our sense of aesthetics and functionalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the Futurism never happened and gave way to Naturism and Environmentalism<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Then Retrofuturism happened when the futurism kids grew up and saw a world that was no way closer to what they have seen in films, comic books & collectible toys, started to live that nostalgia of their childhood. Hence, Retrofuturism is a separate art movement mostly \u201cunderground\u201d<\/a> and represents the nostalgia to relive the childhood of futurism kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Retrofuturism was an escape mechanism to relive the childhood that dreamt of future<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The evolution of retro-futurism in no way represents disregard for the environmental concerns that have shaped the modern aesthetic sensibilities and art movements such as naturism<\/a> and environmentalism<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What Elon Musk\u2019s Cybertruck is doing is living the Retrofuturist\u2019s fantasy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The next question is why? Why does one have to satisfy their own childhood fantasies? And there is only one word for it: FUN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, it\u2019s important for Elon Musk to have fun else he will not be able to take us to Mars<\/h3>\n