Postmodernism is something I have discussed on this blog a few times. Millions of people will speculate as to where the world will travel from here, and here's one for the pile. Currently many critics would argue that Postmodernism has created mass culture that is targeted towards the lowest common denominator with appeal that is as broad as possible. But where to from here? The only way forward as I see it, is up. I think that this mass culture will create a hunger for higher brow topics to be discussed within the masses. the lowest common denominator will eventually scale the heights of knowledge and cultural value.
Already reality TV which is often regarded as low brow mass entertainment, has drawn huge success from topics that are more culturally valuable. Dancing with the stars has taught children and ill educated housewives the intricacies of the foxtrot and you could often hear the comments on So you think you can dance refferring to the extension of the dancers plie.
Lifestyle shows have become less about prettying up you're patio and more involved with design elements that are motivated by forward thinking culture of design and architecture. (Grand designs on lifestyle is the bomb)
The thing that sparked this blog post was iTunes. They now have a section in iTunes dedicated to University lectures. You can attend classes from the world's best University lecturers. I watched a physics lecture from MIT and actually understood most of it, and it was actually really interesting! Wouldn't it be crazy if through this, these lecturers became famous and were the new celebrity! pretty cool stuff!
anyway here's a youtube I stole from Nic's facebook page a sign of the times perhaps?
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