Jamie Wheal: “Neuro-anthropology and Culture Architecture”
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Jamie Wheal: “Neuro-anthropology and Culture Architecture”
New pod: The rise of "dopamine culture" and the decline of pop culture in America
First, I discuss the Ted Gioa's argument that pop culture is being turned into a virtual casino of the mind that is better at producing reward-seeking behavior than quality art.
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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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