Key Themes

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ART & THE ANTHROPOCENE: KEY THEMES

  • THE MEME OF VISUAL ART
  • COGNITIVE COMPLEMENTARITY
  • RELATIONAL VS RATIONAL MEANING
  • PUNCTUATED EVOLUTION
  • MASS CULTURE
  • TYPE A VS TYPE B CULTURES
  • EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS: THE SCARCITY TO SUPER-SCARCITY CURVE
  • VISUAL ART FOLLOWS THE PHOTON
  • AESTHETIC VS RITUALISTIC
  • RITUALISM AND RISK
  • NARROW-GAZE VS BROAD-GAZE