[ExI] Objective standards?

[William Flynn Wallace]

Measured by that standard, the Beatles anthology followed by Fleetwood Mac
constitute the classical music of the 20th century.


I'd argue that you can't compare Shakespeare and comic books.  The latter
probably outsell the former.


Classical music, esp. since around 1900, became too complex for the common
man to understand. Much of it, like Schoenberg, is actually pretty ugly.
People like nursery tunes, Disney, hymns, TV and movie music, all strictly
tonal and easily sung (and some classical music IS like that, though it
will never compete with popular stuff).


A shame we can't compare the Beetles and Beethoven in 100 years.  But I
think Ludwig will be remembered more.


bill w


On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:54 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On
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> >… I did a double-take and wanted to share the idea of sales receipt as a
> tiny bit of 'literature.'
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> Oh, ja I hadn’t thought of that angle.  I meant the total amount of money
> changing hands directly as a result of a piece of art, literature or music
> would constitute an objective measure of its inherent worth.
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> Measured by that standard, the Beatles anthology followed by Fleetwood Mac
> constitute the classical music of the 20th century.
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> >>…Just last night I accepted a receipt at point of sale (cash) and put
> it directly into the trash… it must be a cultural change to stop
> generating
> those useless scraps of paper.
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> >….Many places now ask if the customer want a printed receipt. Places
> using Square also just email a receipt, so nothing gets printed -- unless
> there's a special request.  …Dan
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> Attitudes have not only changed, they have reversed.  As recently as a
> decade ago, a hard copy on paper constituted “having” a document.  Now we
> don’t really “have” the document unless it is in a form which can be
> transmitted over phone lines.  If we have a paper hard copy, we have a
> picture of the document, from which we can create the document if we have a
> scanner.
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