@jckhewitt Compare the best of 2000-2013 to the best of 1700-1713. It's a lot harder. Today's work doesn't have 300 years of curation.
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@jckhewitt Alternately, compare middle to middle. Buzzfeed, or setting cats on fire?1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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@jckhewitt Would you go to bear-baiting shows if they happened? Do you attend dogfights or cockfights now?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jckhewitt Have you ever read Buzzfeed? Revealed preferences, man.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@St_Rev@jckhewitt Think part of problem is scarcity effect. Small # of 17th C greats allows spotlight on absolute best.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@simplic10 @jckhewitt Also vast diversification of forms in the modern era. Art appreciation requires study, much harder now.
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