EP.14 Andrew Hui on aphorisms and the universal library by Reverb by Sane
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EP.14 Andrew Hui on aphorisms and the universal library by Reverb by Sane
Analyzing our culture's pathological impatience with learning and the critical need for contemplation and time to claim true knowledge.
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And yet you present this discovery to people that we wanted to know more about big ideas, that we want our brains to be stretched.
As a culture, you're right, we seem somehow bored with thinking. We want to instantly know. Right, right. I mean, you know, there's this epidemic of listicles. Why think about what constitutes a great work of art when
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