The other day, I was actually having a bit of a crisis when discussing with a friend just where the city-center for modern philosophers was. New York – art. DC – museums. New Orleans, LA, Nashville and Austin – music. Las Vegas – sin. The best I can remember is that historically, ancient Athens has been the only ever city-center for philosophy which would perfectly explain the likes of Kurt Cobain, some of my friends and, indeed, about 3% of the artists and bloggers and authors online. They’re homeless in a way. Could YouTube be our modern city-center?
26 October 2008