What Happens When a Civilization Stops Agreeing About Beauty? (opens in new tab)

A civilization can survive disagreement about politics. It can survive disagreement about religion. It can survive disagreement about economics. What becomes more difficult is surviving disagreement about what deserves reverence. That may be one of the defining cultural facts of the twenty-first century. We no longer agree on what is sacred. And because we no longer agree on what is sacred, we increasingly struggle to agree on what is beautiful. A recent study found that some viewers see nude...