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I hate the arrogance and pretence of this site as a concept. I'm far more productive than pretty much anyone I know, but I also need downtime to recharge.

• kailuowang 13y ago
  It's not about productivity. Humanity could spend these 14,526 years listening to J.S. Bach, a genius whose talent found no match in the human history and yet dedicated as much as humanly possible of his life to music.
  • npsimons 13y ago
    I love Bach; love, love, love Bach. Both of Gould's recordings of Goldberg variations, plus the Kimiko Ishizaka recording from the Open Goldberg Variations project (early backer). That said, Gagnam style brought a smile to my face and added a bounce to my step; there's room for many things in culture and not all time is wasted, even "downtime". I'm sure Bach took breaks too.
  • sentenza 13y ago
    And yet I find that his work is not the thing I need most of the time. And even when I want some Bach, I mostly resort to the excellent "jazzy" interpretations of Jaques Loussier[1]. Gangnam Style is brilliant. You can watch it dozens of times, always discovering something new. It also spawned a large number of extremely entertaining spoofs. It would indeed be a sad world if we had peaked culturally at Bach. Fortunately, we haven't. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x6jzKpqeuw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x6jzKpqeuw
  • darkchasma 13y ago
    But I don't like Bach. I'm supposed to listen to what you think I should like, because you think Bach is better? Who gets to decide? The terms arrogance and pretense were used for a reason.