Billy,
I haven’t seen Victoria, but I am sure that I would like it.
It is interesting that you brought up classical music. While I grew up on Rock
and Roll, I started developing an interest in classical music while working on
my liberal arts degree as an undergrad. We now have season
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Chris:
I think you are right, there is an element of elitism. Still, that may be a
small part
of the equation. Some people who are not the least elitist are also culture
mavens.
This was certainly true of many immigrant Jews of the first decades of the
20th century -and look where
Great essay Billy! We have discussed before the value of a liberal arts
education.
Perhaps there is an elitist twist here because it is a luxury to be able to
study the sciences along side classic literature, religion, philosophy,
psychology, foreign languages, etc. I had this luxury
The Problem of Two Cultures
In my youth the "problem of two cultures" was understood as the humanities
vs the sciences. Today the problem seems to be Silicon Valley vs Main Street,
or Silicon Valley vs College Town.
We finally have entered a long overdue time of techlash. Not that
