A PBS series "How Art Made the World" is being rebroadcast in Houston
and reminds us in a recent episode of "the persuasive power of art".
(http://www.pbs.org/howartmadetheworld/episodes/persuasion/)
So politicians don't just exploit Science and Engineering to gather and
wield power they also exploit Art. In fact Art may be the more powerful
and dangerous tool (see the rise of the Third Reich and its role in
building antisemitism in pre-war Germany) because it molds the public
mind and the political will. "Art is a tool of mass deception" first
used by the Romans in 44 BC.
When first broadcast in 2006, "host Dr. Spivey teaches classical art and
archaeology at the University of Cambridge, where he is a Fellow of
Emmanuel College."
Robert C
Peter Lissaman wrote:
Discussions anent science, engineering and WMD are always
interesting. There are a lotta folks educated at two great schools of
_Technology_ (one in CA, one in MA, as I was) who would not bother
too much about the distinctions, which, I think, are made by
non-professionals in the business. I do think it's worth noting
that, for better or worse, decisions on using WMD in 1915 (gas), 1945
and today were made by _politicians_, most of whom, I assume, were
were neither scientists, engineers , technologists or soldiers.
Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures
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