A Natural History of Beauty — new (?!) Melting Asphalt post on the ecology and game theory of beauty https://meltingasphalt.com/a-natural-history-of-beauty/ …pic.twitter.com/KkQkCYgNCG
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.."things that are desired only because everyone else desires them (or is thought to desire them), rather than for their intrinsic qualities. (See for example much of contemporary art and architecture.)" Nice backhand
haha that actually came from @everytstudies when he gave me notes on my draft... it was too good not to use :)
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Good zing, for sure —no surprise it came from the ‘bit artist’ creator. The problem with
@everytstudies take on contemporary art is that his ‘fictional’ works (1, 0, and the essays), are actually beautiful, significantly undermining his point! -
That it felt plausible (and proved readily imaginable) to have authentic aesthetic experiences with a single bit of information was itself a memorable and moving aesthetic experience.
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