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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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Art on demand makes emperors of us all - Telegraph.co.uk

Art on demand makes emperors of us all - Telegraph.co.uk | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The small things in life often come to us. When it involves big things, we have to go to them. Take the performing arts. They’re expensive, they’re complex, they take time. We have to wait until they’re ready to receive us, and make sure we turn up at the appointed time. Saying “I want it now” is just silly; only emperors and kings could do that. For them, the bard or Royal Chapel or court theatre was always standing by, waiting for their good pleasure. All it took was a wave of the royal hand, and the music or play would burst into life.

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The wisdom of crowds is great, but experts hit the spot - as one prolific ... - The Independent

The wisdom of crowds is great, but experts hit the spot - as one prolific ... - The Independent | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The conceptual artist Grayson Perry entitled the first instalment in his Reith Lecture series “Democracy Has Bad Taste”. This was a provocation based on the idea that popularity and stylistic excellence can be mutually exclusive. The people may not know what's good for them. It is directly anantithetical to the wisdom of crowds, a theory first aired a decade ago which proposed that collective decisions are more reliable than those made by individuals. In other words, democracy has good taste.

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Culture in Decline | Episode #1 "What Democracy?" by Peter Joseph - YouTube

UPDATE: *Season One, two DVD Set now available. Help support future episodes:
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