Comments on: EveryRing Bad Is Good for You http://www.juliansanchez.com/2005/06/08/everyring-bad-is-good-for-you/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Brian Moore http://www.juliansanchez.com/2005/06/08/everyring-bad-is-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Brian Moore Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:50:02 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1049#comment-593 EBIGfY was someone writing a comprehensive and literate explanation of something that I've believed (alone, I thought) for a long time. I think it definitely applies to old art. Shakespeare definitely understood the line between retread low-comedy trash (Merry Wives of Windsor) and "complex" (in the EBIGfY definition) stuff that became more fascinating every time you read it -- and allows readers to find new facets even 400 years later. Which is exactly why Wagner and Shakespeare are still studied today, while their run of the mill contemporary competitors are forgotten. EBIGfY was someone writing a comprehensive and literate explanation of something that I’ve believed (alone, I thought) for a long time.

I think it definitely applies to old art. Shakespeare definitely understood the line between retread low-comedy trash (Merry Wives of Windsor) and “complex” (in the EBIGfY definition) stuff that became more fascinating every time you read it — and allows readers to find new facets even 400 years later.

Which is exactly why Wagner and Shakespeare are still studied today, while their run of the mill contemporary competitors are forgotten.

]]> By: Davei http://www.juliansanchez.com/2005/06/08/everyring-bad-is-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Davei Sat, 11 Jun 2005 21:42:35 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1049#comment-592 Andrew Porter's translations helped me a lot. Andrew Porter’s translations helped me a lot.

]]> By: Chuckalicious http://www.juliansanchez.com/2005/06/08/everyring-bad-is-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Chuckalicious Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:48:20 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1049#comment-591 Patri Friedman made a substantively similar point three days after the third anniversary of 9/11. See here http://catallarchy.net/blog/archives/2004/09/14/psychological-impact-of-a-large-well-connected-recorded-world/ Patri Friedman made a substantively similar point three days after the third anniversary of 9/11. See here

http://catallarchy.net/blog/archives/2004/09/14/psychological-impact-of-a-large-well-connected-recorded-world/

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