Great piece thanks for sharing this classic. It really brings to mind the centrality of cultural patrons. masterpieces aren't purely individual - they had sponsors willing to invest & give space/time for their making.
Alan Kay on one possible measure of success in education: "Sistine-Chapel Ceilings per Lifetime". From his famous paper on the Dynabook, setting out many of the most important ideas of modern computing http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/smalltalk/Kay__A_Personal_Computer_For_Children_Of_All_Ages_Aug72.pdf …pic.twitter.com/l2uNfJ6wVU
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