There are people who hate art precisely because its value isn’t tied to utility or productivity.
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There are people who hate art precisely because its value isn’t tied to utility or productivity.
We call them Philistines.
Philistines only crave comfort—technology, convenience, consumption. The idea that art might make you a better person offends them. Even worse if the art doesn’t flatter them.
What defines a Philistine is their demand that art serve an immediate function. If it doesn’t, they dismiss it as worthless.
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