03-23-2020, 03:58 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-23-2020, 04:31 AM by Blazkovitz.)
(03-23-2020, 02:55 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: The prestige of science over culture, and the unwillingness to do hard work such as building and decorating great temples as compared with computer software, did not lend itself to great support and enthusiasm for creating great culture.
Temples are obsolete because deities don't exist as supernatural beings and they are only useful symbols, but there is certainly a place for beautiful public buildings that would serve as places of social gatherings as well as centres of art and learning. Universities should be the modern equivalents of cathedrals, and aim at the same level of beauty.
Quote:There are some hidden gems from throughout this saeculum.
I think the best thing about this saeculum is that at least in The West and the anglosphere life was more comfortable, lawful and peaceful for most of its people, and democracy did make some advances. There was no world war and no holocaust in these areas. You could call this saeculum the second Elizabethan Era, since a rather benevolent if stodgy queen has ruled for virtually the entire time as the titular head of much of the region.
I agree with all that. I like a lot of music from the 1980s to about 2005, as I said many times. But I started to detest some stuff I liked when I was younger, for example Karate Kid has some cool roundhouse kicks, but it's still a lesson in a naive philosophy.
Second Elizabethan Era is a good name, as the Queen was there throughout this cycle.
Quote:China has become prosperous, but is still a tyranny.
China is a culture dominated by an extreme version of the Civic archetype. It needs an awakening so badly, but is there anything in Chinese culture to spark it? American influence might be necessary to bring down the post-Maoist tyranny. Bill Kristol once elaborated on this idea.
