The problem with the elite institutions is that they’re too often focused not on academic exploration but on training rich kids to communicate with others in “high society,” the tropes, name drops, and jargon to signify being “cultured.” The analysis of what Cage was trying to say with his music isn’t the point, the point is to give them the clever things about Cage they can say years down the line at gala events.
The problem with the elite institutions is that they’re too often focused not on academic exploration but on training rich kids to communicate with others in “high society,” the tropes, name drops, and jargon to signify being “cultured.” The analysis of what Cage was trying to say with his music isn’t the point, the point is to give them the clever things about Cage they can say years down the line at gala events.