LibArt elites: how can you spend $ on Mars missions when there are starving children?
STEM elites: how can YOU spend money on symphonies?
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no it's not... because cultural investment tends to be along highly tribal lines and is actually a more natural zero-sum
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it is and isn't... there is no generic 'human' culture. Only tribal. That's why culture is a weaker force than tech.
"stop starvin' Marvin, that's a bad starvin' Marvin"
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Me: Why'd I buy lunch out for $15 when my city is crawling with homeless.😳
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Either/or provocations r red herrings. For escape velocity out of the same old thought bubble try Negarestani: e-flux.com/journal/52/599
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In 1970, Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger at NASA wrote a great letter, "Why Explore Space", to a nun in Africa: lettersofnote.com/2012/08/why-ex





