djinoz on Nostr: probably this bit (p148ish): "A stroll through a modern art gallery shows artistic ...
probably this bit (p148ish):
"A stroll through a modern art gallery shows artistic works whose production requires no more effort or talent than can be mustered by a bored 6‐year‐old. Modern artists have replaced craft and long hours of practice with pretentiousness, shock value, indignation, and existential angst as ways to cow audiences into appreciating their art, and often added some pretense to political ideals, usually of the puerile Marxist variety, to pretend‐play profundity. To the extent that anything good can be said about modern “art,” it is that it is clever, in the manner of a prank or practical joke. There is nothing beautiful or admirable about the output or the process of most modern art, because it was produced in a matter of hours by lazy talentless hacks who never bothered to practice their craft. Only cheap pretentiousness, obscenity, and shock value attract attention to the naked emperor of modern art, and only long pretentious diatribes shaming others for not understanding the work give it value."
he has a point but also illustrates his fundamentalism. the inability to steelman another perspective is weakness or not great intent. for example Austrian economics still does not offer a solution to "tragedy of the commons" problems like environmental pollution or climate change. I'm early in my readings but it seems externalities are not addressed.
"A stroll through a modern art gallery shows artistic works whose production requires no more effort or talent than can be mustered by a bored 6‐year‐old. Modern artists have replaced craft and long hours of practice with pretentiousness, shock value, indignation, and existential angst as ways to cow audiences into appreciating their art, and often added some pretense to political ideals, usually of the puerile Marxist variety, to pretend‐play profundity. To the extent that anything good can be said about modern “art,” it is that it is clever, in the manner of a prank or practical joke. There is nothing beautiful or admirable about the output or the process of most modern art, because it was produced in a matter of hours by lazy talentless hacks who never bothered to practice their craft. Only cheap pretentiousness, obscenity, and shock value attract attention to the naked emperor of modern art, and only long pretentious diatribes shaming others for not understanding the work give it value."
he has a point but also illustrates his fundamentalism. the inability to steelman another perspective is weakness or not great intent. for example Austrian economics still does not offer a solution to "tragedy of the commons" problems like environmental pollution or climate change. I'm early in my readings but it seems externalities are not addressed.