tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post1273406874219158272..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Aesthetic vs Economic ValueBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-62681253673925885792015-04-19T10:17:52.030-05:002015-04-19T10:17:52.030-05:00Yep.
And sometimes both are dishonored...
But yo...Yep.<br /><br />And sometimes both are dishonored...<br /><br />But you can only be aware of this if you have a transcendental standard.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-82910507126601819492015-04-19T10:12:40.996-05:002015-04-19T10:12:40.996-05:00Prizes are bad. One way to see why is to consider ...Prizes are bad. One way to see why is to consider the old question: what is honoring what? <br /><br />The latest recipients of the Nobel prize were honored by the accolade (quick: name them and tell me what they discovered?). On the other hand, by giving it to Einstein or Heisenberg, the Nobel prize was the party honored by the transaction, because the two scientists were way above a mere honor like a Nobel, so the honoring flowed the other way.<br /><br />So we end up with the paradox where, if your work is honored by the prize, then it probably doesn't deserve it. And if the prize is honored by your work, then your work doesn't need the honor. <br /><br />Picture Bach today receiving a Pulitzer for his Mass in Bm. Whoop Dee Doo! And perhaps next year, Beethoven will get one for this piano sonatas.<br /><br />The whole idea is laughable.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com