Communications via resources that render them immediate result in untoward cultural effects.
Answers to difficult questions are expected to be reflexive, and, rather than being fully assessed with respect to facts, the replies are merely expected to conform to popular prejudices, and thus they are accepted or rejected as nothing more.
Ideas and issues that have provoked debate for centuries, treated in this manner, will not be resolved. Even concepts that are demonstrably wrong and absurd, clearly based on false premises or fatally flawed and transparently biased "research" continue to be given serious consideration long after they have outlived their relevance. Ironically, the rapidity of communication that should speed their ultimate demise contributes to their longevity.
In forbearing to mention the many long-endured, obviously wrong and obsolete notions here, the point is to give consideration to the fact that a thoughtful approach to problem-solving, to conceptual creativity, and to the virtue of patience in the evolution of an artistic vision is not an error of judgement, and regardless of cultural norms and expectations, it is an asset to the artist and to the thinking person. The coercion to think otherwise must be resisted, with intellectual authority and the strength of moral reason.
Answers to difficult questions are expected to be reflexive, and, rather than being fully assessed with respect to facts, the replies are merely expected to conform to popular prejudices, and thus they are accepted or rejected as nothing more.
Ideas and issues that have provoked debate for centuries, treated in this manner, will not be resolved. Even concepts that are demonstrably wrong and absurd, clearly based on false premises or fatally flawed and transparently biased "research" continue to be given serious consideration long after they have outlived their relevance. Ironically, the rapidity of communication that should speed their ultimate demise contributes to their longevity.
In forbearing to mention the many long-endured, obviously wrong and obsolete notions here, the point is to give consideration to the fact that a thoughtful approach to problem-solving, to conceptual creativity, and to the virtue of patience in the evolution of an artistic vision is not an error of judgement, and regardless of cultural norms and expectations, it is an asset to the artist and to the thinking person. The coercion to think otherwise must be resisted, with intellectual authority and the strength of moral reason.
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