Peter Thiel, October 2011
“Modern Western civilization stands on the twin plinths of
science and technology. Taken together, these two interrelated domains reassure
us that the 19th-century story of never-ending progress remains intact. Without
them, the arguments that we are undergoing cultural decay — ranging from the
collapse of art and literature after 1945 to the soft totalitarianism of political
correctness in media and academia to the sordid worlds of reality television
and popular entertainment — would gather far more force....”
“It was offensive to people who haven’t turned eight.”
Artist: Bruce Eric Kaplan, The New Yorker, June 2015
