In Praise of Commercial Culture - by Tyler Cowen (opens in new tab)

Cultural optimism! I’d never considered that term before, but I love its mindset. My life was changed when Camille Paglia said, in the 90s, that Hollywood movies are the high art of our times. It enriched my life to see them that way ever since. Now in this book Tyler uses her statement as an example of cultural optimism. I see it in his day-to-day writing and podcasting too. I recommend this book for its focus on that, and great art/cutlure insights. But the book is 25 years old now, with ex...